Fluid Structure Interaction: A Community View

Abstract

Conducting fluid-structure interaction (FSI) experiments and simulations is a critical naval engineering capability for the U.S. Navy. However, past workshops on FSI problems have revealed that the FSI community is split into different technical groups. Furthermore, the user communities — practicing engineers and platform teams — are also separate. In July 2016, a cross-community working group of almost 60 people was convened at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. This working group explored current and anticipated use cases for FSI simulation. Research challenges were also discussed. From this cross-community discussion, it was also possible to start to develop a common taxonomy of FSI problems and modeling approaches. This report documents the state of practice revealed by this working group.