In the nuclear power plant, the spent fuel pool (SFP) is an important nuclear security structure, it uses as temporary storage for spent fuel assemblies and removes the decaying heat with pool water from spent fuel as...
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In the nuclear power plant, the spent fuel pool (SFP) is an important nuclear security structure, it uses as temporary storage for spent fuel assemblies and removes the decaying heat with pool water from spent fuel assemblies. The issue of seismic safety concerning nuclear facilities has always been a primary concern for the country located in an earthquake-prone zone. When an earthquake strikes the spent fuel pool, it could lead water to sloshing behavior. It may produce additional forces on the pool and cause water overflow. It is therefore critical to investigate the sloshing phenomenon in a seismic assessment of the SFP. The objective of the paper is concerned with the problem of modeling the fluid-structure interaction (FSI) analysis with a SFP under Beyond-Design-Basis Earthquake (BDBE). The study focuses on the sloshing phenomena with the finite element analysis (FEA) code LS-DYNA. To be concerned about the structural integrity of the spent fuel pool, this paper also applied ACI-349 and ASME code to evaluate the seismic performance of the structure and the safety margin. The results show that the Taiwan BWR Mark-I Nuclear Power Plant spent fuel pool can maintain its structural integrity under the beyond-design basis earthquakes.
fluid-structure interaction in fluid-filled flexible pipelines is modeled herewith a time explicit nonlinear 1-D coupled approach. The internal steam-water fluid is modeled using a homogeneous equilibrium model where ...
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fluid-structure interaction in fluid-filled flexible pipelines is modeled herewith a time explicit nonlinear 1-D coupled approach. The internal steam-water fluid is modeled using a homogeneous equilibrium model where kinematic, mechanical, thermal, and thermodynamic equilibrium between liquid and steam water is assumed. As a consequence, the nonlinear convective effects are taken into account as well as the temperature variations in the fluid model. The mechanical behavior of the pipelines is obtained following the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory. This leads to structural equations taking into account axial, flexural, lateral, and torsional pipe motion. In addition, plasticity is also considered in the structural behavior. Thus, the overall model corresponds to the nonlinear extension of the so-called seven degree-of-freedom fluid-structure interaction model. Furthermore, radial expansion of the pipe cross section due to the internal fluid pressure loading is also taken into account, while the pipe radial motion is neglected. Both junction and friction coupling mechanisms are considered in the present model, whereas the Poisson coupling is ignored in this study. An explicit finite-volume method is used for approximating the fluid equations and is coupled with an explicit finite-element approach used for the structural beam equations. This leads to an explicit two-way coupling approach for fluid-structure interactions which is assessed on a selection of several experiments involving non-isothermal steam-water behavior or significant FSI effects during fast-transient events. Comparisons are given with the experimental data on all considered experiments, which clearly demonstrates the ability of the present approach to be efficient and representative.
In this paper, we study a nonlinear fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problem driven by a multiplicative, white-in-time noise. The problem consists of the Navier-Stokes equations describing the flow of an incompressib...
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In this paper, we study a nonlinear fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problem driven by a multiplicative, white-in-time noise. The problem consists of the Navier-Stokes equations describing the flow of an incompressible, viscous fluid in a 2D cylinder interacting with an elastic wall whose elastodynamics is described by membrane/shell equations. The stochastic force is applied both to the fluid equations as a volumetric body force, and to the structure as an external forcing to the deformable fluid boundary. The fluid and the structure are nonlinearly coupled via the kinematic and dynamic conditions assumed at the moving interface, which is a random variable not known a priori. Majority of the existing FSI literature builds on the assumption that the structure can only be deformed radially, neglecting its longitudinal displacement. In this article, we consider the case where the structure is allowed to have vectorial (unrestricted) deformations. (c) 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://***/licenses/by/4.0/).
We study a nonlinear stochastic fluid-structure interaction problem with a multiplicative, white-in-time noise. The problem consists of the Navier-Stokes equations describing the flow of an incompressible, viscous flu...
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We study a nonlinear stochastic fluid-structure interaction problem with a multiplicative, white-in-time noise. The problem consists of the Navier-Stokes equations describing the flow of an incompressible, viscous fluid in a 2D cylinder interacting with an elastic lateral wall whose elastodynamics is described by a membrane equation. The flow is driven by the inlet and outlet data and by the stochastic forcing. The noise is applied both to the fluid equations as a volumetric body force, and to the structure as an external forcing to the deformable fluid boundary. The fluid and the structure are nonlinearly coupled via the kinematic and dynamic conditions assumed at the moving interface, which is a random variable not known a priori. The geometric nonlinearity due to the nonlinear coupling requires the development of new techniques to capture martingale solutions for this class of stochastic FSI problems. Our analysis reveals a first-of-its-kind temporal regularity result for the solutions. This is the first result in the field of SPDEs that addresses the existence of solutions on moving domains involving incompressible fluids, where the displacement of the boundary and the fluid domain are random variables that are not known a priori and are parts of the solution itself.
We consider the Oldroyd-B model for a two-dimensional dilute corotational polymer fluid with centre-of-mass diffusion that is interacting with a one-dimensional viscoelastic shell. We show that any family of strong so...
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We consider the Oldroyd-B model for a two-dimensional dilute corotational polymer fluid with centre-of-mass diffusion that is interacting with a one-dimensional viscoelastic shell. We show that any family of strong solutions of the system described above that is parametrized by the centre-of-mass diffusion coefficient converges, as the coefficient goes to zero, to a weak solution of a corotational polymer fluid-structure interaction system without centre-of-mass diffusion but with essentially bounded polymer number density and extra stress tensor. As a consequence, we also obtain a weak-strong uniqueness result that says that the weak solution of the latter is unique in the class of the strong solution of the former as the centre-of-mass diffusion vanishes.
Flow-induced vibration (FIV) in nuclear reactor vessels has been extensively studied during the mechanical design of reactor vessels. Many power plants have increased the interest in coupled modern fluid and solid mec...
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Flow-induced vibration (FIV) in nuclear reactor vessels has been extensively studied during the mechanical design of reactor vessels. Many power plants have increased the interest in coupled modern fluid and solid mechanics codes to facilitate the understanding of the phenomena causing damage to components termed fluid-structure interaction (FSI). A better understanding of these structureinteractions is critical for enhancing safety, minimizing radiation risks, improving public health and safety, and fostering innovation in the nuclear industry. Furthermore, it supports nuclear energy as a clean alternative to fossil fuels, contributing to the reduction of global carbon emissions and advancing responsible production and consumption. Pressure wave propagation, acoustic resonance, flow-induced turbulence, and fluid-elastic instability are the four types of FSI-coupled systems that are investigated in this work. Different computational methods are presented to simulate FSI problems and should be selected depending on the physical complexity of the problems. One-way FSI where Computational fluid Dynamics (CFD) or thermal-hydraulics results are applied on a structural model is common, while FSI calculations with iterative fluid-structure simulations will be more and more available with the increase in computer capacity and the development of a more cost-effective turbulence model. Most modeling results have resulted in errors in the range of +/- 10% with the experimental data;however, in some cases, the choice of a different boundary condition has been shown to result in up to 30% errors.
The flow control at low Reynolds numbers is one of the most promising technologies in the field of aerodynamics,and it is also an important source of the innovation for novel *** this study,a new way of nonlinear flow...
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The flow control at low Reynolds numbers is one of the most promising technologies in the field of aerodynamics,and it is also an important source of the innovation for novel *** this study,a new way of nonlinear flow control by interaction between two flexible flaps is proposed,and their flow control mechanism is studied employing the self-constructed immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann-finite element method(IB-LB-FEM).The effects of the difference in material properties and flap length between the two flexible flaps on the nonlinear flow control of the airfoil are *** is suggested that the relationship between the deformation of the two flexible flaps and the evolution of the vortex under the fluid-structure interaction(FSI).It is shown that the upstream flexible flap plays a key role in the flow control of the two flexible *** FSI effect of the upstream flexible flap will change the unsteady flow behind it and affect the deformation of the downstream flexible *** flexible flaps with different material properties and different lengths will change their own FSI characteristics by the induced vortex,effectively suppressing the flow separation on the airfoil’s upper *** interaction of two flexible flaps plays an extremely important role in improving the autonomy and adjustability of flow *** numerical results will provide a theoretical basis and technical guidance for the development and application of a new flap passive control technology.
Most studies, standards, and codes on wind pressure distributions commonly disregard the influence of the flexibility of structures. Nevertheless, in the case of tensile-membrane structures, their flexibility cannot b...
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Most studies, standards, and codes on wind pressure distributions commonly disregard the influence of the flexibility of structures. Nevertheless, in the case of tensile-membrane structures, their flexibility cannot be ignored, so this study presents the results of numerical simulations evaluating wind pressure coefficient distributions on tensile-membrane structures, accounting for fluid-structure interaction (FSI) choosing the most common geometry: the hyperbolic paraboloid. Various curvature configurations, wind incidence directions, and structural models (both open and enclosed) were analyzed. The FSI solution involves a twoway partitioned simulation between Computational fluid Dynamics, Computational Structural Dynamics and through a coupling system that culminates in the derivation of final pressure coefficient distributions. Results indicate that pressure coefficients obtained for rigid models underestimate those obtained by the FSI methodology, which accounts for deformations altering the interaction between the fluid and membrane.
Aortic lesions, exemplified by bicuspid aortic valves (BAVs), can complicate congenital heart defects, particularly in Turner syndrome patients. The combination of BAV, dilated ascending aorta, and an elongated aortic...
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Aortic lesions, exemplified by bicuspid aortic valves (BAVs), can complicate congenital heart defects, particularly in Turner syndrome patients. The combination of BAV, dilated ascending aorta, and an elongated aortic arch presents complex hemodynamics, requiring detailed analysis for tailored treatment strategies. While current clinical decision-making relies on imaging modalities offering limited biomechanical insights, integrating high-performance computing and fluid-structure interaction algorithms with patient data enables comprehensive evaluation of diseased anatomy and planned intervention. In this study, a patient-specific workflow was utilized to biomechanically assess a Turner syndrome patient's BAV, dilated ascending aorta, and elongated arch. Results showed significant improvements in valve function (effective orifice area, EOA increased approximately twofold) and reduction in valve stress (similar to 1.8-fold) following virtual commissurotomy, leading to enhanced flow dynamics and decreased viscous dissipation (similar to twofold) particularly in the ascending aorta. However, increased viscous dissipation in the distal transverse aortic arch offset its local reduction in the AAo post-intervention, emphasizing the elongated arch's role in aortic hemodynamics. Our findings highlight the importance of comprehensive biomechanical evaluation and integrating patient-specific modeling with conventional imaging techniques for improved disease assessment, risk stratification, and treatment planning, ultimately enhancing patient outcomes.
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