Ling Yuan¹, Zhenggang Liu^2,*, Li Li³, Ming Lin¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.5, pp. 1129-1141, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.023538

Abstract The blades of large-scale wind turbines can obviously deform during operation, and such a deformation can affect the wind turbine’s output power to a certain extent. In order to shed some light on this phenomenon, for which limited information is available in the literature, a bidirectional fluid-structure interaction (FSI) numerical model is employed in this work. In particular, a 5 MW large-scale wind turbine designed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the United States is considered as a testbed. The research results show that blades’ deformation can increase the wind turbine’s output power by 135 kW at rated working conditions.… More > Graphic Abstract

Lin Fang^1,2,*, Mengjun Wu^1,2, Bin Wu³, Honglin Li⁴, Chenhao He^5,*, Fan Sun⁵

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.130, No.3, pp. 1649-1668, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.018527

Abstract Based on the theories of the gas seepage in coal seams and the deformation of the coal-rock medium, the gas seepage field in coal-rock mass is coupled with the deformation field of the coal-rock mass to establish a fluid-structure interaction model for the interaction between coal gas and coal-rock masses. The outburst process in coal-rock masses under the joint action of gas pressure and crustal stress is simulated using the material point method. The simulation results show the changes in gas pressure, velocity distribution, maximum principal stress distribution, and damage distribution during the process of the coal and gas outburst,… More >

Caili Li¹, Dalin Tang^2,*,3, Jing Yao^4,*, Christopher Baird⁵, Haoliang Sun⁶, Chanjuan Gong⁷, Luyao Ma⁶, Yanjuan Zhang⁴, Liang Wang², Han Yu², Chun Yang⁸, Yongfeng Shao⁶

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.127, No.1, pp. 159-174, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.014580

Abstract Aortic valve replacement (AVR) remains a major treatment option for patients with severe aortic valve disease. Clinical outcome of AVR is strongly dependent on implanted prosthetic valve size. Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) aortic root models were constructed to investigate the effect of valve size on hemodynamics of the implanted bioprosthetic valve and optimize the outcome of AVR surgery. FSI models with 4 sizes of bioprosthetic valves (19 (No. 19), 21 (No. 21), 23 (No. 23) and 25 mm (No. 25)) were constructed. Left ventricle outflow track flow data from one patient was collected and used as model flow conditions. Anisotropic Mooney–Rivlin… More >

Longling Fan¹, Jing Yao², Chun Yang³, Di Xu², Dalin Tang^1,4,*

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.16, Suppl.1, pp. 41-41, 2019, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2019.05720

Abstract Cardiac pacing has been an effective treatment in the management of patients with arrhythmia. Different pacemaker location may have different impact on pacemaker effectiveness. A novel image-based ventricle animal modeling approach was proposed to integrate echocardiography images, propagating dynamic electric potential on ventricle surface to perform myocardial function assessment. The models will be used to simulate ventricular electrical signal conduction and optimize pacemaker location for better cardiac outcome. One health female adult pig weight 42.5 kg was used to make pacing animal model with different ventricle pacing locations. Pig health status was assessed before undergoing experimental procedures. Ventricle surface electric… More >

Longling Fan^1,*, Jing Yao ^{2, *}, Chun Yang³, Di Xu², Dalin Tang^{1, 4, §}

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.114, No.2, pp. 221-237, 2018, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2018.114.221

Abstract Understanding cardiac blood flow behaviors is of importance for cardiovascular research and clinical assessment of ventricle functions. Patient-specific Echo-based left ventricle (LV) fluid-structure interaction (FSI) models were introduced to perform ventricle mechanical analysis, investigate flow behaviors, and evaluate the impact of myocardial infarction (MI) and hypertension on blood flow in the LV. Echo image data were acquired from 3 patients with consent obtained: one healthy volunteer (P1), one hypertension patient (P2), and one patient who had an inferior and posterior myocardial infarction (P3). The nonlinear Mooney-Rivlin model was used for ventricle tissue with material parameter values chosen to match echo-measure… More >

Hongjian Wang^*, Jie Zheng^†, LiangWang^‡, Akiko Maehara^§, Chun Yang^II, David Muccigrosso^†, Richard Bachk^II, Jian Zhu^**, Gary S. Mintz^§, Dalin Tang^*,‡,††

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.12, No.2, pp. 107-122, 2015, DOI:10.3970/mcb.2015.012.107

Abstract Computational modeling has been used extensively in cardiovascular and biological research, providing valuable information. However, 3D vulnerable plaque model construction with complex geometrical features and multicomponents is often very time consuming and not practical for clinical implementation. This paper investigated if 2D atherosclerotic plaque models could be used to replace 3D models to perform correlation analysis and achieve similar results. In vivo intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) coronary plaque data were acquired from a patient follow-up study to construct 2D structure-only and 3D FSI models to obtain plaque wall stress (PWS) and strain (PWSn) data. One hundred and twenty-seven (127) matched IVUS… More >

P. Pasolini^1,2, R. Savino¹, F. Franco¹, S. De Rosa¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.11, No.3, pp. 301-324, 2015, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2015.011.301

Abstract The aim of the present work is to provide a first attempt to set an aero-thermo-elastic methodology for deployable atmospheric re-entry decelerators operating at high Mach number and high dynamic pressure. Because of the severity of re-entry conditions such as high temperatures, high pressures and high velocities, the behavior of their flexible structures is a hard target to assess. In this paper a partitioned Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) approach based on the integration of different commercial software (STAR-CCM+ and ABAQUS) is presented. In order to validate the specific codes and the overall strategy for structural and fluid dynamics analyses of… More >