FSI -- Vibrations of immersed cylinders. Simulations with the engineering open-source code TrioCFD. Test cases and experimental comparisons

TL;DR

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of the TrioCFD open-source code's Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method in simulating fluid-structure interactions involving moving boundaries, validated through test cases and experimental comparisons.

Contribution

It demonstrates the application of TrioCFD's ALE method to complex FSI problems with moving boundaries, supported by test cases and experimental validation.

Findings

Successful simulation of immersed cylinder vibrations

Validation against experimental data shows good agreement

Demonstrates TrioCFD's capabilities for FSI problems

Abstract

In this paper, we assess the capabilities of the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method implemented in the open-source code TrioCFD to tackle down two fluid-structure interaction problems involving moving boundaries.