Simulating the dynamics of flexible bodies and vortex sheets

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2008.12.020zbMath1158.74015OpenAlexW2050052200MaRDI QIDQ1008874

Silas Alben

Publication date: 30 March 2009

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2008.12.020

zbMATH Keywords

Broyden methodsecond-order explicit Adams-Bashforth methodtrailing edge deflection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Finite difference methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S20) Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10)

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Uses Software

• Differentiation Matrix Suite

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