This LS-DYNA simulation shows a simple ICFD input deck with a coarse mesh. It shows how the solver deal with infinitely thin plates or shells in 3D. Since two nodes are needed in order to solve for the pressure difference between the two faces of the plate, the automatic volume mesher will generate an extra node and ‘pull’ a little on the mesh leaving a tiny gap between them, considered infinitely small compared to the size of the problem. This is done through the introduction of the keyword MESH_EMBEDSHELL.
Fluid velocity streamlines
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT *DEFINE_CURVE_TITLE *END *ICFD_BOUNDARY_FREESLIP *ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_VEL *ICFD_BOUNDARY_PRESCRIBED_PRE *ICFD_BOUNDARY_NONSLIP *ICFD_CONTROL_TIME *ICFD_DATABASE_DRAG *ICFD_MAT *ICFD_PART *ICFD_PART_VOL *ICFD_SECTION *INCLUDE *KEYWORD *MESH_BL *MESH_EMBEDSHELL *MESH_SURFACE_ELEMENT *MESH_SURFACE_NODE *MESH_VOLUME *PARAMETER *TITLE
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$X------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$X
$X 1. Run file as is.
$X Requires LS-DYNA MPP R8.0.0 (or higher) with double precision
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$X------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$# UNITS: Dimensionless.
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$X
*KEYWORD
*TITLE
ICFD Plate flow
*INCLUDE
mesh.k
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$ $
$ PARAMETERS $
$ $
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*PARAMETER
R T_end 100.0
R dt_plot 1.00
$
$--- 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 $
$ $
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*ICFD_CONTROL_TIME
$# ttm dt
&T_end &dt_fluid
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$ $
$ ICFD PARTS/ SECTION/ MATERIAL $
$ $
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*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
$# spid1 spid2 spid3 spid4
1 2 3 4
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$ $
$ ICFD BOUNDARY/INITIAL CONDITIONS $
$ $
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*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
$# a1 o1
0.0 0.0
10000.0 0.0
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$ $
$ ICFD MESH KEYWORDS $
$ $
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*MESH_VOLUME
$# volid
10
$# pid1 pid2 pid3
1 2 3
*MESH_EMBEDSHELL
$# volid
10
$# pid1
4
*MESH_BL
$# pid nelth
4 1
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$ $
$ DATABASE (OUTPUT) $
$ $
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*ICFD_DATABASE_DRAG
$# pid
4
*DATABASE_BINARY_D3PLOT
&dt_plot
*END
This LS-DYNA simulation shows a simple ICFD input deck with a coarse mesh. It shows how the solver deal with infinitely thin plates or shells in 3D. Since two nodes are needed in order to solve for the pressure difference between the two faces of the plate, the automatic volume mesher will generate an extra node and ‘pull’ a little on the mesh leaving a tiny gap between them, considered infinitely small compared to the size of the problem. This is done through the introduction of the keyword MESH_EMBEDSHELL.