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Course category: Chalmers Tracks, combined TRA100 (basic) & TRA105 (advanced)

Course No: TRA270

Tacks theme: sustainable transport 

Number of credits: 7.5 credits

Education level: bachelor & master education

Study period: LP2

Teaching language: English

Targeted students: all Chalmers students are welcome

Teacher/examiner: Hua-Dong Yao

Prerequisites: Fundamental fluid and solid mechanics are beneficial but not necessary, since basic FSI-related theories and skills will be introduced in the course. English is used.

Tracks’ link: https://student.portal.chalmers.se/en/chalmersstudies/tracks/Pages/current-courses-within-tracks.aspx

Course brochure: click here

 

Aims

  • To overview engineering fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems in the industry.
  • To learn models and methods of solving FSI problems.
  • To understand the coupled equation system for FSI scenarios.
  • To acquire the knowledge of aero-/hydro elasticity and aero-/vibro acoustics.
  • To grasp general numerical methods and popular commercial software for solving FSI problems.
  • To learn the writing for a project report, and to present the project. 

 

Contents

  • Classical FSI effects: added mass, sloshing, and slamming, etc.
  • Aero-/hydro elasticity (flow-induced vibrations, aero-vibro acoustics)
  • The coupled governing equations for FSI.
  • Simplified models and numerical methods for FSI.
  • General numerical techniques in CFD and FEM (overview). 
  • An extensive project as the last/utmost part of the course: one of the FSI topics (marine techniques, offshore architectures, aerospace, automotive, sailing sports, vehicle safety, biomechanics) can be selected for the project based on the student group’s interest. Moreover, the group is free to propose their own project topic. 

 

Learning outcomes

  • Understand methods and techniques for classical FSI such as aero/hydro elasticity, and aero-vibro acoustics, etc.
  • Be capable of identifying and analyzing dominant mechanisms in various engineering scenarios.
  • Be capable of deriving and explaining the governing equations for the coupled flow and structure motion/deformation.
  • Understand FSI coupled algorithms and numeral methods.
  • Grasp how to use commercial software, which is popular in the industry, to simulate FSI problems.

 

Framework:

Project work:

The course is project-based, according to the framework of the Tracks programme. The topics of projects will be set to target industrial applications, for example, marine techniques, offshore architectures, aerospace, automotive, biomechanics, sailing sports. Some topics could be updated every teaching year.

A student can pick up one of the options that best fits his/her educational background. If none of the project topics is interesting to you, please feel free to contact the examiner, and discuss with him for the possibility to set up a specific topic for you. In this situation, also please find at least two teammates to group with you. 

The project work will be documented in the form of a written report and presented at the end.

Lectures: 

The course has two sessions every week: Tuesday and Thursday, 13:15-17:00pm.

The time of a normal lecture is one hour at the beginning of the lecture, and then it will be the exercise and project time.

However, the time of a guest lecture is flexible based on the teaching aim of the invited teacher. The time could be either shorter or longer to sustain in a whole session.   

 

Do you have more questions?

If yes, please contact Hua-Dong Yao (Email: huadong.yao@chalmers.se; Phone: +46 73 773 9337)

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