Fluid Structure Interaction and Moving Boundary Problems

Part I: Fluid Structure Interaction Section 1: Advances in interaction problems in CFD Development of the coupled MAZ/FLEX code; Coupling of FEFLO with SIMPACT; Advances in FSI using body-fitted unstructured grids; A CFD based numerical study on aerodynamic characteristics of |ETH cross sections using baffle plates Section 2: Cavitation effects in turbo machines and pumps Developments to minimize the occurrence of surface and subsurface vortices at pump intakes; Time-domain analysis of the hydroelastic response of cavitating propulsors; Velocity and static pressure profiles in wide angled two-dimensional stalled diffuser flows; Experimental investigation of the effect of solid-mixture on the cavitation characteristic of a centrifugal pump; Experimental study of the influence of geometrical parameters on the cavitation of a small centrifugal pump; An investigation about preventing cavitation damage and fatigue failure in Derbendikhan power station Section 3: Computational methods Verification and validation in computational solid mechanics and the ASME Standards Committee; Embankment dam overtopping and collapse: an innovative approach to predict the breach outflow hydrograph; Gate failure, numerical and physical modelling at Gouin dam Section 4: Fluid and biological tissue interaction Simulation of blood flow and vessel deformation in three-dimensional, patient-specific models of the cardiovascular system using a novel method for fluid-solid interactions; Interaction of cryogen spray with human skin under vacuum pressures Section 5: Fluid pipeline interactions 3D finite element analysis of a hydraulic engine mount including fluid-structure interactions; Effect of hydrodynamic drag on the stability of a cantilever pipe conveying fluid; Qualitative analysis of dynamic effects in oil pipelines Section 6: Hydrodynamic forces Bluff-body flow created by combined rotary and translational oscillation; Interaction between a tethered sphere and a free surface flow Section 7: Mechanics of cables, risers and moorings Investigation of a catenary riser undergoing VIV; Vortex-induced vibrations and lock-in phenomenon of bellows structure subjected to fluid flow Section 8: Offshore structures and ship dynamics Time-frequency analysis of spar motions; Dynamic response and fluid structure interaction of submerged floating tunnels; Steady current forces on tanker-based FPSOs; The dynamics of deepwater offloading buoys; Nonlinear response analysis of a SeaStar offshore Tension Leg Platform in six degrees of freedom Section 9: Response of structures including fluid dynamics Current flow past large concrete piers: CFD analysis vs. physical model tests; An independent geometry modelling method in wave-body interactions; Estimating time-averaged turbulent fluid forces from an ensemble-averaged flow field for engineering applications; A new very fast simulation method for fluid structure interaction of an air bearing crossing steps in the ground; Undersea fluid/structure coupling methodology; On monolithic approaches to fluid-structure interactions; Floating Common Foundations for Multiple Building Structures (FCF-MBS) Section 10: Structure response to severe shock and blast loading On the coupling of CFD and CSD methodologies for modeling blast-structure interactions; Experimental analysis and numerical simulation of a fuel tank filler in a crash environment; A CSD finite element scheme for coupled blast simulations; Modeling enhanced blast explosives using a multiphase mixture approach; Analysis of blast loaded structures by numerical simulation; A study of a moderately reinforced concrete wall subject to high rate loadings due to impacting bodies; Diagnostics for multiple-phase blast flows Section 11: Wind effects on bridges and towers A comparison of flutter speed of the Messina Bridge considering several cable configurations; Control of wind-induced nonlinear oscillations in suspension bridges; Controlling beat phenomena in coupled systems using asymmetric tuned liquid column dampers; Distributed computing for the evaluation of the aeroelastic response and sensitivity analysis of flutter speed of the Messina Bridge; A wavelet-based method to simulate gust response of structures Part II: Moving Boundaries Section 1: Free surface flow Numerical simulation of free surface flows by Lagrangian particle methods; The Euler-type description of Lagrangian water waves; An implicit finite volume method for unsteady free surface flows; A finite volume model for the resolution of the shallow water equations with moving boundary conditions; Numerical calculations of viscous effects on water waves; Spectral characterization of wave patterns in stratified concurrent air Cwater channel flow using LDV; Approaches to solving a free boundary porous medium flow problem Section 2: Computational fluid mechanics A generalized method for advective-diffusive computations in engineering; A Cartesian method for mixing tank simulation; Analysis of hydrodynamic and transport phenomena in the (R)R a de Arousa Z: a numerical model for high environmental impact estuaries; RANS turbulence models for pitching airfoil Section 3: Phase change Solution of the transient direct chill casting problem with simultaneous material and interphase moving boundaries by the local radial basis function collocation technique; A numerical model of the crystallization of pure aluminium; A new alternative numerical approach applied to free-moving boundary problems Section 4: Advanced computational simulation Optimal thickness design of laminated cylinders with linearly distributed prestress; Moving boundary problem solved by the Adomian decomposition method; Wetting in pressure driven slot flow; Simulation of a weld pool interface motion by a variational inequality approach; Numerical study of the residual stress field during arc welding with a trailing heat sink