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A multi-resolution SPH method for fluid-structure interactions

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science 2019-12-02 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we present a multi-resolution smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method for modeling fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems. By introducing different smoothing lengths and time steps, the spatio-temporal discretization is applied with different resolutions for fluid and structure. To ensure momentum conservation at the fluid-structure coupling, a position-based Verlet time integration scheme is introduced. Furthermore, the time-averaged velocity and acceleration of solid particles are introduced to enhance force matching in the fluid and solid equations. A set of numerical examples including several bio-mechanical problems are considered to demonstrate the efficiency, accuracy and robustness of the present method. A open-source code for all the examples is also provided.

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@article{arxiv.1911.13255,
  title  = {A multi-resolution SPH method for fluid-structure interactions},
  author = {Chi Zhang and Massoud Rezavand and Xiangyu Hu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.13255},
  year   = {2019}
}

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37 pages, 17 figures