FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION (FSI)

MODEL REDUCTION

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 FSI
• FSI is concerned with the coupled dynamics of structures in contact with a fluid.
Basic Mechanism
• The motion of the structure modifies the flow conditions at the interface with the fluid,
which in turn induces a fluctuation in the pressure and/or viscous forces; the loading
applied to the fluid–structure interface subsequently changes the structure motion

Figure 1 Fluid–structure interaction: coupling mechanism (1) Page 2

(1) FLUID–STRUCTURE INTERACTION | AN INTRODUCTION TO FINITE ELEMENT COUPLING | by Jean-François Sigrist
Application of FSI

• A wide variety of industrial problems, ranging from civil to naval and offshore engineering,
from transportation to medical applications, from power nuclear to aerospace industries,
are concerned by FSI.
• From an engineering perspective, taking FSI into account is often of major importance
since the structural response to fluid loading enters into consideration for safety, reliability
or durability issues of mechanical systems.
Nomenclature
M, K, A Mass
Mass matrix,
matrix, stiffness
stiffness matrix,
matrix, fluid-structure
fluid-structure coupling
coupling matrix
matrix
s, f
Index
Index for
for structure
structure partition,
partition, index
index for
for fluid
fluid partition
partition
f Structural
Structural forces
forces
p, u Nodal
Nodal fluid
fluid pressures,
pressures, nodal
nodal displacements
displacements
, Generalized
Generalized coordinates
coordinates of of the
the reduced
reduced system
system
ρf Fluid
Fluid mass
mass density
density
Фd, Eigenspace
Eigenspace of of the
the constrained
constrained problem
problem –– fixed
fixed interface
interface modes
modes
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From eqn. (4) in JSV paper submitted
 

  M K
 

In static assumption:
  Ks −A u 0
[ 0 Kf ][ ] [ ]
p
=
0

  ,
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Structure Domain Reduction
Using (2) : Φd Ψ
u 𝓆
 
[ p ] [
=
0 I ][ ]
p
(3 )

  M s Φd Λ d =K s Φ d
Φd Ψ
let T
 
0 =
0[ I ]
Using (3) in (1) for projection (structure reduction)
  i)

T
 Φ 0 M s Φd M sΨ
¿ dT
Ψ [ ][
I ρ f A T Φd ρf A T Ψ + M f ]
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 T T
  Φd M s Φd Φd M s Ψ
¿ T
[ T
Ψ M s Φd + ρ f A Φd
T T
Ψ Ms Ψ +ρf A Ψ +Mf ]
T
  I Φd M s Ψ
¿
[ B Φd
~
Mf ] (4 )

where  

  ii)

T
 Φd 0 K s Φd
¿ T
Ψ [ I][ 0
K sΨ − 𝐴
Kf ] , but from eqn.(2): K s Ψ − A=0
 

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 T
 Φ K Φ 0
[
¿ dT s d
Ψ K s Φd Kf ] ,  Ψ T K s Φ d = AT K −1
s K s Φ d =A T
I Φd

Λ 0
 
¿
[ A
T
d

Φd K f
] (5 )

T
  I Φd M s Ψ Λd 0
∴
B Φd [ ~
Mf ][ ] [
𝓆
¨ +
p̈ T
A Φd Kf
𝓆
p
T f

][ ] [ ]
=T o
0
(6)

~
 M ~
 K

Structure part reduction

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Fluid Domain Reduction
Next is fluid domain reduction
 
First check in eqn.(4)
 

  (7)

  Note: is symmetric and mass of the internal fluid part is zero

𝓆 I 0 𝓆
 
[ p ]
=
[ 0
~
Ξd ] [
𝓇 ] (8 )

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  K
~ ~~
f Ξd = M f Ξd 𝓇 d
I 0
T
 
=
let 1 0 [ ~
Ξd ]
Using (8) in (6) for projection (fluid domain)

  i)

T ~
  I 0 I Φd M s Ψ Ξd
¿
[
~T
0 Ξ d B Φd ][ ~~
Mf Ξd ]
T ~
  I Φd M s Ψ Ξd ~ T ~ ~
[
¿ ~ T
Ξ d B Φd
~ T~ ~
Ξd M f Ξd ]
, Ξ d M f Ξ d = I (9)

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  ii)

  I 0 Λd 0
¿
[
~T
0 Ξd ][ T
A Φd
~
Kf Ξd ]
  Λd 0
Ξd[
¿ ~ T T
A Φd
~ T
Ξd K f
~
Ξd](10 )

~T ~
let T d= Ξ d K f Ξ d
 

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 T ~
  I Φ d M s Ψ Ξ d 𝓆¨ Λd 0 𝓆
∴ ~T
[
Ξd B Φd I 𝓇¨][ ] [
+~T T
Ξd A Φd ][ ]
Td 𝓇
T T f
=T 1 T o
[]
0
(11)

Both the structure and fluid part reduced

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Thank You

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