Book chapter
Algorithms for Fluid–Structure Interaction
Image-Based Computational Modeling of the Human Circulatory and Pulmonary Systems, pp.191-234
Springer US
11/03/2010
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7350-4_5
Abstract
The human body presents several fluid–structure interaction (FSI) problems, such as the operation of the heart and its valves, motion of blood cells in the circulation, peristaltic contractions in the gut, vibration of vocal cords, operation of the lungs during breathing, contraction of the urinary bladder, and a host of others. Modeling such problems and devising computational techniques to solve the governing equations is an increasingly popular and powerful way to understand the behavior of these systems in the healthy and pathological states. Fluid–structure interaction problems in different organ systems can present different challenges. In the presence of blood (i.e., in the cardiovascular system), FSI problems are plagued by numerical stiffness arising from added mass effects, while such constraints are absent in the presence of air (as in the respiratory and voice systems). In addition, at large scales, fluid inertia can play a significant role, leading to unsteady, transitional, and weakly turbulent flows. At small scales (as in blood cells), viscous effects assume importance. This chapter provides a survey of some of the important issues that arise in the cardiovascular system when FSI problems are tackled. Three primary techniques are discussed, viz., the immersed boundary approach, the immersed interface approach, and the sharp interface approach. The suitability of these approaches to specific problems is addressed and example calculations are shown to illustrate the state of the art of FSI in the cardiovascular system.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Algorithms for Fluid–Structure Interaction
- Creators
- Sarah C Vigmostad - Department of Biomedical Engineering, 1420 Seamans Center, College of Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USAH.S Udaykumar - Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2408 Seamans Center, College of Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Image-Based Computational Modeling of the Human Circulatory and Pulmonary Systems, pp.191-234
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4419-7350-4_5
- Publisher
- Springer US; Boston, MA
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/03/2010
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Surgery; Injury Prevention Research Center; Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984064245402771
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