A coupled SPH-PD model for fluid–structure interaction in an irregular channel flow considering the structural failure

Abstract

Understanding fluid–structure interaction (FSI) is important because it dominates diverse natural phenomena and engineering problems. This paper presents an integrated particle model for FSI problems involving irregular channel flows and crack propagation in structures. The proposed model is implemented as follows: (1) we couple weakly compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (WCSPH) with bond-based peridynamics (BBPD) in a partitioned approach (this framework has a much simpler algorithm than the previously reported SPH-PD method); (2) we propose a novel periodic boundary conditions (PBCs) algorithm for modeling flows in non-regular channels; and (3) we incorporate crack propagation in structural responses under fluid dynamics, which was rarely considered in previous works. The new framework has been validated and illustrated to be effective and versatile in diverse FSI problems, including hydrostatic pressure-induced solid deformation, violent free-surface flows and channel flows interacting with flexible structures. Compared with conventional grid-based methods, this particle framework is more user-friendly, since no extra effort is required to update meshes, even when a discontinuity appears during the modeling process. The extendibility and potential of this framework is further demonstrated by the simulation of fluid-driven deformation and crack propagation in elastomers.