Experimental and Numerical Investigation for Membrane Deployment using SPH and ALE Formulations
Essam Al-Bahkali1,2, Hisham Elkenani1, Souli Mhamed3
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.104, No.5, pp. 405-424, 2015, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2015.104.405
Abstract Simulation of airbag and membrane deployment under pressurized gas problems becomes more and more the focus of computational engineering, where FEM (Finite element Methods) for structural mechanics and Finite Volume for CFD are dominant. New formulations have been developed for FSI applications using mesh free methods as SPH method, (Smooth Particle Hydrodynamic). Up to these days very little has been done to compare different methods and assess which one would be more suitable. For small deformation, FEM Lagrangian formulation can solve structure interface and material boundary accurately, the main limitation of the formulation is high… More >