An adaptive level set method for shock‐driven fluid‐structure interaction

The fluid‐structure interaction simulation of shock‐ and detonation‐loaded structures requires numerical methods that can cope with large deformations as well as local topology changes. A robust, level‐set‐based shock‐capturing fluid solver is described that allows coupling to any solid mechanics solver. As computational example, the elastic response of a thin steel panel, modeled with both shell and beam theory, to a shock wave in air is considered. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)