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| 1 | +# Flexible membrane airfoil |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +**Author:** [Rubén Zorrilla](https://github.com/rubenzorrilla) |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +**Kratos version:** 9.5 |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +**Source files:** [Flexible membrane airfoil](https://github.com/KratosMultiphysics/Examples/tree/master/fluid_structure_interaction/validation/embedded_fsi_membrane_airfoil/source) |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +## Case Specification |
| 10 | +This example reproduces a reduced-scale experiment of a flexible membrane airfoil[1]. The embedded (i.e., CutFEM) framework for thin-walled bodies is applied in order to avoid the preprocessing and mesh entanglement issues appearing when using volumetric meshes around membrane-like bodies [2]. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +The problem set up consists in a 2D idealization of the flexible membrane airfoil at an angle of attack of 4º. The lenght and thickness of the membrane are 0.15m and 2e-4m, respectively, while the material parameters are a Young modulus of 250e3Pa and zero Poisson ration. The fluid properties are set such that Re=2500. The structure and fluid density ratio is 441.75. The inlet characteristic velocity is 2.5833m/s. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +## Results |
| 15 | +The fluid domain is meshed with a 144k P1P1 elements unstructured mesh. The membrane is meshed with 128 line elements implementing a simplified 2D non-linear membrane formulation. The problem is run with a ramp up function of 1s and for an extra second so to ensure that the membrane reaches the steady state. |
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| 17 | +The steady state velocity and pressure contour fields as well as the displacement vector field are shown below. The obtained results are in line with similar numerical experiments [3]. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +<p align="center"> |
| 20 | +<figure> |
| 21 | + <img src="data/embedded_fsi_membrane_airfoil_fluid_v.gif" alt="Fluid velocity contour field." style="width: 600px;"/> |
| 22 | + <figcaption>Velocity field and level set isosurface.</figcaption> |
| 23 | +</figure> |
| 24 | +</p> |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +<p align="center"> |
| 27 | +<figure> |
| 28 | + <img src="data/embedded_fsi_membrane_airfoil_fluid_p.gif" alt="Fluid pressure contour field." style="width: 600px;"/> |
| 29 | + <figcaption>Pressure field and level set isosurface.</figcaption> |
| 30 | +</figure> |
| 31 | +</p> |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +<p align="center"> |
| 34 | +<figure> |
| 35 | + <img src="data/embedded_fsi_membrane_airfoil_structure_u.gif" alt="Membrane displacement vector field." style="width: 600px;"/> |
| 36 | + <figcaption>Pressure field and level set isosurface.</figcaption> |
| 37 | +</figure> |
| 38 | +</p> |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +## References |
| 41 | +[1] P. Rojratsirikul, Z. Wang and I. Gursul, I, Unsteady Aerodynamics of Membrane Airfoils. Paper presented at 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, 2008 [10.2514/6.2008-613](https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2008-613). |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +[2] R. Zorrilla, R. Rossi, R. Wüchner and E. Oñate, An embedded Finite Element framework for the resolution of strongly coupled Fluid–Structure Interaction problems. Application to volumetric and membrane-like structures, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (368), 2020 [10.1016/j.cma.2020.113179](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2020.113179). |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +[3] R. E. Gordnier, High fidelity computational simulation of a membrane wing airfoil, Journal of Fluids and Structures (25), 2009, [10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2009.03.004](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2009.03.004). |
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