Posted by: Laleh
Fluid-Structure Interaction? - 10/13/07 12:26 AM
Hi
Has CAESAR the ability to consider FSI(Fluid-Structure Interaction) in pipe elements?
Thanks
Posted by: Dave Diehl
Re: Fluid-Structure Interaction? - 10/15/07 08:27 AM
I would say it depends on your definition of Fluid Structure Interaction and also the extent of automation you may expect from CAESAR II.
If the load can be represented as a harmonic point load or even a time history transient, then I think a simple "No" is too simple.
Posted by: John C. Luf
Re: Fluid-Structure Interaction? - 10/15/07 08:42 AM
Fluid Structure Interaction involves the sciences of unsteady fluids as well as structural analysis.
In essence "Water Hammer" is influenced by the rigidity of the conduit that it occurs in. The conduits rigidity is not solely the pressure boundary itself, but "how" the conduit is constrained in space. The more rigid the conduit the faster sound travels within the fluid the greater the water hammer effect.
Thus the merge of two completely different applied sciences. Not for the timid or un-knowledgeable... to ask this particular question in a forum for a piece of software that is involved only in structural analysis of piping systems indicates that you are out of your depth of knowledge perhaps.