A phase-field model for fluid-structure interaction

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DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2018.06.063zbMATH Open1415.74023arXiv1803.02354OpenAlexW2794401955WikidataQ129603709 ScholiaQ129603709MaRDI QIDQ2000468FDOQ2000468

Dominic Mokbel, Helmut Abels, Sebastian Aland

Publication date: 28 June 2019

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

Abstract: In this paper, we develop a novel phase-field model for fluid-structure interaction (FSI), that is capable to handle very large deformations as well as topology changes like contact of the solid to the domain boundary. The model is based on a fully Eulerian description of the velocity field in both, the fluid and the elastic domain. Viscous and elastic stresses in the Navier-Stokes equations are restricted to the corresponding domains by multiplication with their characteristic functions. To obtain the elastic stress, an additional Oldroyd-B - like equation is solved. Thermodynamically consistent forces are derived by energy variation. The convergence of the derived equations to the traditional sharp interface formulation of fluid-structure interaction is shown by matched asymptotic analysis. The model is evaluated in a challenging benchmark scenario of an elastic body traversing a fluid channel. A comparison to reference values from Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) simulations shows very good agreement. We highlight some distinct advantages of the new model, like the avoidance of re-triangulations and the stable inclusion of surface tension. Further, we demonstrate how simple it is to include contact dynamics into the model, by simulating a ball bouncing off a wall. We extend this scenario to include adhesion of the ball, which to our knowledge, cannot be simulated with any other FSI model. While we have restricted simulations to fluid-structure interaction, the model is capable to simulate any combination of viscous fluids, visco-elastic fluids and elastic solids.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.02354





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