An advanced numerical framework for the simulation of flow induced vibration for nuclear applications

In this work, an advanced solver for the simulation of Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) problems for nuclear applications is presented. The numerical framework, called as NRG-FSIFOAM, uses a Finite Volume (FV) fluid solver and a Finite Element (FE) structural solver coupled together with a partitioned approach. State-of-the-art implicit coupling algorithms are used in order to increase the accuracy and the stability of the solver for low...