Predictions of Fluid/Structural Interactions Using Abaqus Cosimulation and Advanced CFD SolversThis work presents a coupled fluid-structural interaction (FSI) capability wherein pressure and thermal loads predicted by the CRUNCH CFD and CRAFT CFD Navier-Stokes solvers are exchanged with Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit using the Co-Simulation Engine (CSE). Multiple domains may be simulated concurrently, on separate groups of processors. Data exchange is handled through SIMULIA’s Co-Simulation Engine API. The boundary surface common to the fluid and solid domains is defined, along with the specific scalar and/or vector fields to be exchanged. Point forces or pressures, heat fluxes, displacements, and temperatures are passed between the codes, and simulations may be either one-way or two-way coupled. Applications of the FSI simulation capability to problems of interest are presented and discussed.
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