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Partitioned solvers for the fluid-structure interaction problems with a nearly incompressible elasticity model

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In this paper, we present some analysis and numerical studies on two partitioned fluid-structure interaction solvers: a preconditioned GMRES solver and a Newton based solver, for the fluid-structure interaction problems employing a nearly incompressible elasticity model in a classical mixed displacement-pressure formulation. Both are highly relying on robust and efficient solvers for the fluid and structure sub-problems obtained from an extended and stabilized finite element discretization on hybrid meshes. A special algebraic multigrid method capable of handling such general saddle point systems for the incompressible and nearly incompressible models is investigated.

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Yang, H. Partitioned solvers for the fluid-structure interaction problems with a nearly incompressible elasticity model. Comput. Visual Sci. 14, 227–247 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00791-012-0177-9

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