Title: Numerical simulation of fluid-structure interaction: Turek benchmark and kinetics of a reed valve

Authors: M. Schildhauer; A. Spille-Kohoff

Addresses: CFX Berlin Software GmbH, Karl-Marx-Allee 90A, 10243 Berlin, Germany ' CFX Berlin Software GmbH, Karl-Marx-Allee 90A, 10243 Berlin, Germany

Abstract: The numerical simulation of fluid-structure interaction requires a simulation tool that can calculate both fluid flow and structure deformation and takes into account the results of one code (i.e., forces and deformations) in the setup of the other (as motion and load). This article shows a segregated (also: partitioned) approach that uses commercial, highly developed software for each task: ANSYS CFX for fluid dynamics and ANSYS Mechanical for structural mechanics with the ANSYS MFX solver to couple both programs. Two examples with large deformations and strong influence on the flow field are shown: The Turek benchmark from Turek and Hron (2006) consists of a laminar incompressible channel flow around an elastic object which results in periodic oscillations of the structure. The second example is the discharge simulation of compressed air through a rapidly moving reed valve in a piston compressor where opening and closing contacts are important.

Keywords: fluid structure interaction; FSI; reed valves; load transfer; computational fluid dynamics; CFD; Turek benchmark; computational structural mechanics; CSM; kinetics; simulation; fluid flow; structural deformation; piston compressors; compressed air.

DOI: 10.1504/PCFD.2014.059199

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal, 2014 Vol.14 No.1, pp.38 - 48

Published online: 31 Jul 2014 *

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