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FSI using beam elements

Prithivirajan Veerappan

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i have done FSI using 2d elements(plain strain)......


but..
i need to do an FSI with beam element?

can somebody give me some suggestions?


prithivi

1 Reply Last Post Apr 28, 2011, 4:16 p.m. EDT
Ivar KJELBERG COMSOL Multiphysics(r) fan, retired, former "Senior Expert" at CSEM SA (CH)

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Posted: 1 decade ago Apr 28, 2011, 4:16 p.m. EDT
Hi

not really, as for 2D/3D the Boundaries reflect the true areas interacting with the fluid, while in Beam physics, the lines have thickness and width, so this geometrical information must be added to the equations, but what else ?

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Good luck
Ivar
Hi not really, as for 2D/3D the Boundaries reflect the true areas interacting with the fluid, while in Beam physics, the lines have thickness and width, so this geometrical information must be added to the equations, but what else ? -- Good luck Ivar

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