Numerical methods for immersed FSI with thin-walled structures

The numerical simulation of a thin-walled structure immersed in an incompressible fluid can be addressed by various methods. In this paper, three of them are considered: the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method, the Fictitious Domain/Lagrange multipliers (FD) method and the Nitsche-XFEM method. Taking ALE as a reference, the advantages and limitations of FD and Nitsche-XFEM are carefully discussed on three benchmark test cases which have been chosen to be representative of typical difficulties encountered in valves or living cells simulations. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.