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Fluid–structure interaction (FSI) occurs in a wide range of contexts, from aeronautics to biological systems. To numerically address this challenging type of problem, various methods have been proposed, particularly using implicit coupling when the fluid and the solid have the same density, i.e., the density ratio is equal to 1. Aiming for a computationally efficient approach capable of handling strongly coupled dynamics and/or realistic conditions, we present an alternative to the implicit formulation by employing a fully explicit algorithm. The Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) is used for the fluid, with the finite element method (FEM) utilized for the structure. The Immersed Boundary Method (IBM) is applied to simulate moving and deforming boundaries immersed in fluid flows. The novelty of this work lies in the combination of Laplacian smoothing at the fluid/solid interface, an improved collision model for the LBM, and a reduction of non-physical frequencies on the structure mesh. The use of these adaptations results in a solver with remarkable stability properties, a primary concern when dealing with explicit coupling. We validate the numerical framework on several challenging test cases of increasing complexity, including 2D and 3D configurations, density ratio of 1, and turbulent conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An efficient and new methodology to deal with fluid structure interaction at high Reynolds number flows is presented in this article. It relies on the coupling of the lattice Boltzmann method and the immersed boundary method with a second order predictor corrector model for the structure. The effect of the lagrangian weight of the immersed boundary method is also analyzed in the context of fluid structure interaction. Both curved and moving boundaries are considered, and several methods to calculate the lagrangian weight are compared on relevant test-cases: the laminar flow around a cylinder at Reynolds number R e = 100 , the Poiseuille flow in a 2D channel and a 3D fluid-structure interaction test case: a deformable flapping flag immersed in a laminar flow. A convergence study in space and time is performed and the three following parameters are investigated: the number of lagrangian markers along the boundary, the value of the lagrangian weight and the shape of the discrete delta function used in the immersed boundary. Finally, the novelty of the paper is two-fold: a new expression of the lagrangian weight which is found to reduce the error by 20% in the case of fluid-structure interaction, and the coupling of a turbulence model with a second order predictor corrector model for improved stability and accuracy. This numerical methodology is found here to be accurate for challenging cases with high added mass effect and high Reynolds number flows. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]