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Numerical Modelling of Fluid–Structure Interaction Systems
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Numerical Modelling of Fluid–Structure Interaction Systems

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Biological Processes and Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 1031

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Li Wang

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School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT 2610, Australia
Interests: fluid–structure interaction; computational fluid dynamics; immersed boundary method; biomechanics
Dr. Fang-Bao Tian

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School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Interests: computational biomechanics; biofluid mechanics; fluid-structure interaction; immersed boundary method
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Prof. Dr. Yuanqing Xu

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School of Medical Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: biomechanics; micro fluid; biological flow

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Fluid–structure interaction (FSI) is a very common physical phenomenon that inherently exists in nature, human daily life, and many engineering applications. Typical examples include flapping insects and birds, blood flows in arteries, the tail flutter of aircraft wings, vibration of turbines and compressors, etc. In most FSI problems, it is not possible to obtain analytical solutions due to the inherent complexity of such problems, and experimental studies are generally limited in scope. Accompanied by the significant development of high-performance computers in the last few decades, computational methods have been successfully applied to many new areas as an effective FSI modeling method.

This Special Issue on the “Numerical Modelling of Fluid–Structure Interaction Systems” will present novel advances in research which either use computational methods to study and analyze fluid–structure interaction systems, or present novel numerical methods for challenging fluid–structure interaction systems in the fields of aeronautical engineering, biomechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, environmental engineering, etc.

Dr. Li Wang
Dr. Fang-Bao Tian
Prof. Dr. Yuanqing Xu
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Keywords

  • numerical modelling
  • numerical methods
  • fluid–structure interaction
  • fluid–structure–acoustics interaction
  • viscous flow
  • biomechanics
  • biological flow
  • cardiovascular system

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Numerical Study on the Energy Harvesting Performance of a Flapping Foil with Attached Flaps
by Shihui Wu and Li Wang
Processes 2024, 12(9), 1963; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12091963 - 12 Sep 2024
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A flapping foil, which mimics the flapping wings of birds and the locomotion of aquatic organisms, is an alternative to a conventional turbine for the harvesting of renewable energy from ubiquitous flows in the atmosphere, oceans, and rivers. In this work, the energy [...] Read more.
A flapping foil, which mimics the flapping wings of birds and the locomotion of aquatic organisms, is an alternative to a conventional turbine for the harvesting of renewable energy from ubiquitous flows in the atmosphere, oceans, and rivers. In this work, the energy harvesting performance of flapping foils with attached flaps at the trailing edge is numerically studied by using an immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann method (IB-LBM) at a Reynolds number of 1100. Three different configurations are considered, namely, a clean NACA0015 foil, a NACA0015 foil with a single flap, and a NACA0015 foil with two symmetric flaps. The results show that the flap attached to the trailing edge is able to enhance the energy harvesting efficiency, and the two symmetric flaps can achieve more enhancements than its single-flap counterpart. The mechanism of such enhancements is attributed the separation of the interactions of vortexes generated at the upper and bottom surfaces of the foil. To further obtain the optimal configurations of the two symmetric flaps, the angle between the two flaps (α) and the length (lf) of the flap are systematically studied. The results show that the optimal energy harvesting performance is achieved at α=60∘ and lf=0.1c (c denotes the chord length of the foil). Compared with the baseline case, namely, the clean NACA foil, the optimal configuration can achieve an improvement of efficiency up to 19.94%. This study presents a strategy by adding two symmetric flaps at the trailing edge of the foil to enhance the energy harvesting performance of a flapping foil, which contributes to advancing the development of simple and efficient clean energy harvesting by using a flapping foil. Full article
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