Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit
Benefits: ABAQUS introduces a general co-simulation interface whose primary focus is to solve fluid-structure interaction analyses using ABAQUS and FLUENT.
Description: Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) covers a broad scope of problems in which the fluid flow and structural deformations interact and affect one another. The interactions may be thermal, mechanical, or both. Typical problems include hemo-dynamics in arteries, fluid flow in a pump, tube bundle instabilities in nuclear power steam generators, airflow over an aircraft wing, heat exchange in a radiator, heat transfer in turbine discs, airflow in high-speed manufacturing, dispensing of consumer products, MEMS, fluid sloshing in a tank, and hydroplaning of a tire.
The ABAQUS co-simulation interface can be used to solve multidisiplinary problems, in which the physical domains are modeled by different analysis codes and are coupled in a synchronized manner by exchanging solution quantities. Any code supporting the Mesh-based Parallel Code-Coupling Interface (MpCCI) can be linked with ABAQUS. Although this does not rule out links to other CFD codes, the ABAQUS-FLUENT link will be actively supported and tested by both companies.
Performing a co-simulation analysis will consume additional ABAQUS tokens, as well as requiring a license of MpCCI and either FLUENT or other MpCCI supported third-party analysis codes. For further information about the ABAQUS co-simulation interface, please contact your ABAQUS sales office.
Figure 6–5 Thermal analysis of an exhaust manifold (figure created with EnSight Gold, developed by CEI International).
Figure 6–6 Air escaping out of a vent hole of a door seal being closed (figure created with EnSight Gold, developed by CEI International).
