Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2016-2017
MECH 555 - COMPUTATIONAL FSI
Long Title: COMPUTATIONAL FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Prerequisite(s): (MECH 454 OR BIOE 454 OR CEVE 454) OR (MECH 554 OR BIOE 554 OR CEVE 554) or permission of instructor
Description: Components and challenges of fluid-structure interaction (FSI) computations. Finite element methods for flows with moving interfaces; space-time techniques. Fluid-structure interface projection techniques. Mesh moving and remeshing techniques. FSI coupling techniques for fluid, structure, and mesh equation blocks. FSI computation sequences. FSI contact algorithms, multiscale FSI, cardiovascular FSI, and parachute FSI.