Reduced formulation of a steady fluid-structure interaction problem with parametric coupling

We propose a two-fold approach to model reduction of fluid-structure interaction. The state equations for the fluid are solved with reduced basis methods. These are model reduction methods for parametric partial differential equations using well-chosen snapshot solutions in order to build a set of global basis functions. The other reduction is in terms of the geometric complexity of the moving fluid-structure interface. We use free-form deformations to parameterize the perturbation of the flow channel at rest configuration. As a computational example we consider a steady fluid-structure interaction problem: an incmpressible Stokes flow in a channel that has a flexible wall.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure

Reduced Basis Approximation and Error Bounds for Potential Flows in Parametrized Geometries

In this paper we consider (hierarchical, Lagrange) reduced basis approximation and a posteriori error estimation for potential flows in affinely parametrized geometries. We review the essential ingredients: i) a Galerkin projection onto a low-dimensional space associated with a smooth "parametric manifold” in order to get a dimension reduction; ii) an efficient and effective greedy sampling method for identification of optimal and numerically stable approximations to have a rapid convergence; iii) an a posteriori error estimation procedure: rigorous and sharp bounds for the linear-functional outputs of interest and over the potential solution or related quantities of interest like velocity and / or pressure; iv) an Offline-Online computational decomposition strategies to achieve a minimum marginal computational cost for high performance in the real-time and many-query (e.g., design and optimization) contexts. We present three illustrative results for inviscid potential flows in parametrized geometries representing a Venturi channel, a circular bend and an added mass proble

Reduced basis methods for Stokes equations in domains with non-affine parameter dependence

In this paper we deal with reduced basis techniques applied to Stokes equations. We consider domains with different shape, parametrized by affine and non-affine maps with respect to a reference domain. The proposed method is ideally suited for the repeated and rapid evaluations required in the context of parameter estimation, design, optimization, and real-time control. An "empirical”, stable and inexpensive interpolation procedure has permitted to replace non-affine coefficient functions with an expansion which leads to a computational decomposition between the off-line (parameter independent) stage for reduced basis generation and the on-line (parameter dependent) approximation stage based on Galerkin projection, used to find a new solution for a new set of parameters by a combination of previously computed stored solutions. As in the affine case this computational decomposition leads us to preserve reduced basis properties: rapid and accurate convergence and computational economies. The applications and results are based on parametrized geometries describing domains with curved walls, for example a stenosed channel and a bypass configuration. This method is well suited to treat also problems in fixed domain with non-affine parameters dependence expressing varying physical coefficient

On the Application of Reduced Basis Methods to Bifurcation Problems in Incompressible Fluid Dynamics

In this paper we apply a reduced basis framework for the computation of flow bifurcation (and stability) problems in fluid dynamics. The proposed method aims at reducing the complexity and the computational time required for the construction of bifurcation and stability diagrams. The method is quite general since it can in principle be specialized to a wide class of nonlinear problems, but in this work we focus on an application in incompressible fluid dynamics at low Reynolds numbers. The validation of the reduced order model with the full order computation for a benchmark cavity flow problem is promising

Certified Reduced Basis Method for Affinely Parametric Isogeometric Analysis NURBS Approximation

In this work we apply reduced basis methods for parametric PDEs to an isogeometric formulation based on NURBS. We propose an integrated and complete work pipeline from CAD to parametrization of domain geometry, then from full order to certified reduced basis solution. IsoGeometric Analysis (IGA), as well as reduced basis methods for parametric PDEs growing research themes in scientific computing and computational mechanics. Their combination enhances the solution of some class of problems, especially the ones characterized by parametrized geometries. This work shows that it is also possible for some class of problems to deal with affine geometrical parametrization combined with a NURBS IGA formulation. In this work we show a certification of accuracy and a complete integration between IGA formulation and parametric certified greedy RB formulation by introducing two numerical examples in heat transfer with different parametrization