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An open-source finite volume toolbox for solid mechanics and fluid-solid interaction simulations

Numerical Analysis 2018-09-05 v2 Computational Physics

Abstract

Over the past 30 years, the cell-centred finite volume method has developed to become a viable alternative to the finite element method in the field of computational solid mechanics. The current article presents an open-source toolbox for solid mechanics and fluid-solid interaction simulations based on the finite volume library OpenFOAM. The object-oriented toolbox design is outlined, where emphasis has been given to code use, comprehension, maintenance and extension. The toolbox capabilities are demonstrated on a number of representative test problems, where comparisons are given with finite element solutions.

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@article{arxiv.1808.10736,
  title  = {An open-source finite volume toolbox for solid mechanics and fluid-solid interaction simulations},
  author = {P. Cardiff and A. Karač and P. De Jaeger and H. Jasak and J. Nagy and A. Ivanković and Ž. Tuković},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.10736},
  year   = {2018}
}

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45 pages, 18 Figures

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