Numerical study of fluid-structure interaction with macro-scale particle methods

Abstract

The problems of fluid-structure interaction (FSI) are often encountered in different industries as well as the nature. The macro-scale particle methods are advantageous in the FSI simulations, which include smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), macro-scale pseudo- particle modelling (MaPPM), and so forth. Compared with the grid-based numerical techniques, particle methods could provide the flow and/or deformation details without complex tracking of interfaces. The progress of FSI simulation of multiphase flows with rigid particles is presented, and some major findings about heterogeneous structures are stressed. Meanwhile, weakly compressible outflow from elastic tube is investigated, and some preliminary results of flow details are presented. The possible development of macro-scale particle methods in the FSI simulation is prospected finally.