CFD
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Fluid-structure interaction (FSI)
This technique allows complex interactions between flexible structures and fluid flows. This has been used to predict fin flutter at hypersonic speeds for Griffin 1.
Simulations of this kind are achievable with the combination of the following free open-source software packages (links to installation instructions on Ubuntu are added):
- OpenFOAM (website, install on Ubuntu) - a C/C++ library for the solution of fluid mechanics problems formulated with the Finite Volume Method (FVM),
- Important: there are two main versions of OpenFOAM, provided at OpenFOAM.com and OpenFOAM.org. I have only used the .com version, but everything here should also be possible with the .org version.
- FEniCS (website, install on Ubuntu)- a Python interface to the DOLFIN C++ library for the solution of solid mechanics problems formulated with the Finite Element Method (FEM), and
- preCICE (website, install on Ubuntu)- a very powerful library which allows the coupling of arbitrary solvers using human-readable syntax.