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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 23
ADVANCES IN SIMULATION AND INTERACTION TECHNIQUES
Edited by: M. Papadrakakis and B.H.V. Topping
Paper III.1

The ALE Description in Transient Fluid-Structure Problems

J. Donea

Joint Research Centre, Applied Mechanics Division, Ispra, Italy

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
J. Donea, "The ALE Description in Transient Fluid-Structure Problems", in M. Papadrakakis, B.H.V. Topping, (Editors), "Advances in Simulation and Interaction Techniques", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 89-101, 1994. doi:10.4203/ccp.23.3.1
Abstract
This paper is concerned with some of the major issues which have been addressed in the implementation of Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) finite element methods for transient fluid-structure problems. We first recall the basic concepts underlying the ALE kinematical description and present an automatic algorithm for assigning grid velocities and thereby provide the ALE finite element code with a continuous rezoning capability. Emphasis is then placed on time integration of the semi-discrete ALE conservation equations for mass, momentum and energy, on the incorporation of shock-capturing techniques in the ALE finite element context and on ALE stress update algorithms for materials exhibiting path-dependent constitutive behaviour.

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