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SUMMARY:Computational analysis of fluid-structure interaction using non-bo
 dy-fitted grids - Dr Thomas Rueberg\, CUED
DTSTART:20101008T130000Z
DTEND:20101008T140000Z
UID:TALK25976@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Ms Helen Gardner
DESCRIPTION:The analysis of complex fluid-structure interaction problems\,
  such as\, e.g.\, the design of bio-inspired micro air vehicles\, requires
  robust computational techniques for fluid-membrane systems. A major diffi
 culty in this context is the accurate prediction of the flow features for 
 large structural deformations of the wings.\n\n\nIn this talk\, a numerica
 l approach based on the concept of immersed methods is presented. Their ma
 in advantage is that such methods are practically meshless and thus the co
 mputationally expensive updates or rebuilds of the domain meshes are avoid
 ed. With the main focus on the applicability to viscous incompressible flu
 id flow\, our technique is derived from general variational principles. An
  ongoing research is the application of the method to large-scale problems
  from the field of animal locomotion.
LOCATION:Oatley Seminar Room\, Department of Engineering
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