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A time-dependent FEM-BEM coupling method for fluid-structure interaction in 3d

Numerical Analysis 2020-08-12 v1 Numerical Analysis Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We consider the well-posedness and a priori error estimates of a 3d FEM-BEM coupling method for fluid-structure interaction in the time domain. For an elastic body immersed in a fluid, the exterior linear wave equation for the fluid is reduced to an integral equation on the boundary involving the Poincar\'{e}-Steklov operator. The resulting problem is solved using a Galerkin boundary element method in the time domain, coupled to a finite element method for the Lam\'{e} equation inside the elastic body. Based on ideas from the time-independent coupling formulation, we obtain an a priori error estimate and discuss the implementation of the proposed method. Numerical experiments illustrate the performance of our scheme for model problems.

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@article{arxiv.2008.04299,
  title  = {A time-dependent FEM-BEM coupling method for fluid-structure interaction in 3d},
  author = {Heiko Gimperlein and Ceyhun Oezdemir and Ernst P. Stephan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.04299},
  year   = {2020}
}

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26 pages, 5 figures

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