Thermal Fluid-Structure-Interaction - Experimental and Numerical Analysis

In the present paper the thermal fluid-structure-interaction is experimentally and numerically investigated. Therefore, the interaction phenomena is modeled by the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations and the nonlinear Fourier heat conduction equation are used for the fluid and the solid phase, respectively. The simulation is performed using a partitioned approach using the finite volume method for the fluid domain, the finite element method for the solid domain and Runge-Kutta integration schemes for the time domain. Furthermore, as a basis for the understanding of thermal fluid-structure-interaction and also for the veri cation and validation of the applied continuum mechanical models and numerical methods, respectively, a fundamental wind tunnel experiment is presented.