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Abaqus/CAE Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) Interface

The Abaqus/CAE FSI Interface provides full support for all coupled FSI solutions provided and supported by SIMULIA. This streamlines the process of setting up and executing a coupled FSI analysis from the working familiarity of the Abaqus/CAE environment. This capability enables Abaqus users to manage, store, and reuse FSI model data efficiently.

Used in conjunction with regular Abaqus/CAE functionality, the interface allows an Abaqus user to define the structural and fluid sub-domains to be used for a coupled analysis. The fluid sub-domain setup is standardized, regardless of the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code being used. The rest of the FSI workflow includes these steps:

• Define the interactions and properties
• Run the coupled analysis
• Postprocess the combined solution using Abaqus/Viewer