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This LS-DYNA simulation shows a simple FSI coupling problem using weak/loose/explicit FSI. A rigid cylinder has a prescribed displacement in the Y direction. After five seconds, the inlet velocity boundary condition is triggered pushing the cylinder to the right. Since the coupling is loose, the two solvers retain their own independent timesteps and the solid mechanics solver runs in explicit. The FSI uses a boundary fitted approach. The fluid mesh must have a boundary with the structure. The meshes do not have to coincide but the geometries must remain close. When FSI is triggered, the fluid mesh moves in a Lagrangian way while the fluid flow evolves in a Eulerian way.

Animated Result

Fluid vorticity fringes

plate

 

 

Keywords

*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
*DEFINE_CURVE_TITLE
*END
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_FREESLIP
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_VEL
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_PRE
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_NONSLIP
*ICFD_CONTROL_ADAPT
*ICFD_CONTROL_TIME
*ICFD_DATABASE_DRAG
*ICFD_MAT
*ICFD_PART
*ICFD_PART_VOL
*ICFD_SECTION
*INCLUDE
*KEYWORD
*MESH_BL 
*MESH_SURFACE_ELEMENT
*MESH_SURFACE_NODE
*MESH_VOLUME
*PARAMETER
*TITLE

Reduced Input

$-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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$ Example provided by Iñaki (LSTC)
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$ Web: http://www.dynamore.de
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$ Copyright, 2015 DYNAmore GmbH
$ Copying for non-commercial usage allowed if
$ copy bears this notice completely.
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$X------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$X
$X 1. Run file as is.
$X    Requires LS-DYNA MPP R8.0.0 (or higher) with double precision 
$X
$X------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$# UNITS: Dimensionless. 
$X------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$X
*KEYWORD
*TITLE
ICFD Cylinder flow with adaptivity
*INCLUDE
mesh.k
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$                                                                              $
$                             PARAMETERS                                       $
$                                                                              $
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*PARAMETER
R    T_end      40.0
R  dt_plot      0.50
$
$--- Fluid
$
R  v_inlet       1.0
Rrho_fluid       1.0
R mu_fluid     0.005 
R dt_fluid     0.000
$
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$                                                                              $
$                           ICFD CONTROL CARDS                                 $
$                                                                              $
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*ICFD_CONTROL_TIME
$#     ttm        dt
    &T_end &dt_fluid
*ICFD_CONTROL_ADAPT
$#    minh      maxh       err      mth        nit
     0.020       0.2         2                  10
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$                                                                              $
$                       ICFD PARTS/ SECTION/ MATERIAL                          $
$                                                                              $
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*ICFD_SECTION
$#     sid   
         1
*ICFD_MAT
$#     mid       flg        ro       vis          
         1         1&rho_fluid &mu_fluid       
*ICFD_PART
$#     pid     secid       mid 
         1         1         1
*ICFD_PART
$#     pid     secid       mid 
         2         1         1
*ICFD_PART
$#     pid     secid       mid 
         3         1         1
*ICFD_PART
$#     pid     secid       mid 
         4         1         1
*ICFD_PART_VOL
$#     pid     secid       mid 
        10         1         1
$#   spid1     spid2     spid3     spid4
         1         2         3         4
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$                                                                              $
$                    ICFD BOUNDARY/INITIAL CONDITIONS                          $
$                                                                              $
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_VEL
$#     pid       dof       vad      lcid       
         1         1         1         1      
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_VEL
$#     pid       dof       vad      lcid       
         1         2         1         2       
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_PRE
$#     pid      lcid        sf     death     birth     
         2         2     
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_FREESLIP
$#     pid   
         3
*ICFD_BOUNDARY_NONSLIP
$#     pid   
         4
*DEFINE_CURVE_TITLE
Velocity inlet
$#    lcid      sidr       sfa       sfo      offa      offo    dattyp
         1                    &v_inlet
$#                a1                  o1
                 0.0                 1.0
             10000.0                 1.0
*DEFINE_CURVE_TITLE
Pressure outlet
$#    lcid      sidr       sfa       sfo      offa      offo    dattyp
         2
$#                a1                  o1
                 0.0                 0.0
             10000.0                 0.0
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$                                                                              $
$                            ICFD MESH KEYWORDS                                $
$                                                                              $
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*MESH_VOLUME
$#   volid     
         1
$#    pid1      pid2      pid3      pid4     
         1         2         3         4     
*MESH_BL
$#     pid     nelth
         4         1
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
$                                                                              $
$                             DATABASE (OUTPUT)                                $
$                                                                              $
$---+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7----+----8
*ICFD_DATABASE_DRAG
$#     pid
         4
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
$#      dt
  &dt_plot
*END

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Description

This LS-DYNA simulation shows a simple ICFD problem with adaptivity. A new fluid volume mesh is generated every few fluid timesteps focusing on the regions where vortexes occur by adding more elements while using a coarser mesh in regions where the flow is smooth. This powerful tool must however be handled with care. Remeshing is a costly process which can not be scaled on multiple CPUs. Furthermore, every time a remesh occurs, the topology of the mesh is changed which can yield inaccuracies.