Complete 2-way Fluid Structure Interaction simulation of a hyperelastic rubber flap deforming under a 20 m/s air flow in Ansys Workbench using Fluent, Transient Structural, and System Coupling.
This is where CFD and FEA stop being separate disciplines and start talking to each other. This project walks you through a complete 2-way Fluid Structure Interaction simulation of a hyperelastic rubber flap deforming under a 20 m/s air flow, built entirely inside Ansys Workbench using Fluent, Transient Structural, and System Coupling. What makes this project different is the level of coupling involved. This is not a one-way load transfer where pressure gets mapped onto a structure once and forgotten. Fluent and Mechanical exchange force and displacement data every single coupling iteration, with the mesh itself deforming and remeshing in real time to keep up with the flap motion. You will set up dynamic mesh smoothing and 2.5D remeshing to handle large structural deflection without cell inversion, define the Fluid-Solid Interface that ties the two physics together, and configure System Coupling to drive the entire transient run. By the end, you will have a fully working coupled simulation and a transient animation showing exactly how the flap responds to the flow, step by step.
Production-ready DLR-F6 wing-body external aerodynamics CFD - geometry preparation through solver setup, post-processing, and experimental validation with y⁺ ≤ 1 transition modeling.
Pre-simulation decision framework for external aerodynamics CFD - flow regime classification, solver and turbulence selection, convergence strategy, and interview preparation.
Complete NACA 4-(3)(08)-03 research propeller external aerodynamics CFD - Reference Frame Motion Modeling, periodic sector domain, and thrust validation against published NACA experimental data.
Complete 2-way Fluid Structure Interaction simulation of a hyperelastic rubber flap deforming under a 20 m/s air flow in Ansys Workbench using Fluent, Transient Structural, and System Coupling.
This is where CFD and FEA stop being separate disciplines and start talking to each other. This project walks you through a complete 2-way Fluid Structure Interaction simulation of a hyperelastic rubber flap deforming under a 20 m/s air flow, built entirely inside Ansys Workbench using Fluent, Transient Structural, and System Coupling. What makes this project different is the level of coupling involved. This is not a one-way load transfer where pressure gets mapped onto a structure once and forgotten. Fluent and Mechanical exchange force and displacement data every single coupling iteration, with the mesh itself deforming and remeshing in real time to keep up with the flap motion. You will set up dynamic mesh smoothing and 2.5D remeshing to handle large structural deflection without cell inversion, define the Fluid-Solid Interface that ties the two physics together, and configure System Coupling to drive the entire transient run. By the end, you will have a fully working coupled simulation and a transient animation showing exactly how the flap responds to the flow, step by step.
Production-ready DLR-F6 wing-body external aerodynamics CFD - geometry preparation through solver setup, post-processing, and experimental validation with y⁺ ≤ 1 transition modeling.
Pre-simulation decision framework for external aerodynamics CFD - flow regime classification, solver and turbulence selection, convergence strategy, and interview preparation.
Complete NACA 4-(3)(08)-03 research propeller external aerodynamics CFD - Reference Frame Motion Modeling, periodic sector domain, and thrust validation against published NACA experimental data.