- Title
- Numerical studies and industrial applications of the hybrid SPH-FE method
- Creator
- Groenenboom, P.; Cartwright, B.; McGuckin, D.; Amoignon, O.; Mettichi, M. Z.; Gargouri, Y.; Kamoulakos, A.
- Relation
- ARC.LP160100391 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP160100391
- Relation
- Computers and Fluids Vol. 184, Issue 30 April 2019, p. 40-63
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2019.03.012
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Over the last few decades, the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method has gained popularity as a mesh-less method to simulate fluid flows. In contrast, the finite element (FE) method remains the preferred tool to simulate structural deformation. This paper presents a coupled SPH-FE software tool useful for a large variety of dynamic fluid flow simulations and fluid-structure interaction. Several recent developments in the SPH algorithm are presented as well as a few studies demonstrating the validity in comparison to experimental data. Following a brief overview of industrial applications of the hybrid SPH-FE method, three computational studies are discussed in greater detail. These concern ships in waves, gearbox lubrication and cardiovascular flow. It is shown that the SPH-FE approach is well-suited for violent flow phenomena and fluid-structure interaction.
- Subject
- smoothed particle hydrodynamics; finite elements; fluid-structure interaction; validation study; industrial applications
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1508976
- Identifier
- uon:56173
- Identifier
- ISSN:0045-7930
- Language
- eng
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