Immersed boundary method

Numerical simulation of turbulent wind gusts and their dynamic effects on flexible structures

Doctoral thesis.

A dynamic immersed boundary method for simulating an adaptive nozzle generating discrete wind gusts

The recently developed wind gust generator, the adaptive nozzle (Wood and Breuer, 2025) , features a nozzle with a fully rotatable upper contour, enabling a smooth gust generation with low unwanted flow disturbances. While preserving the underlying …

Combination of two FSI methods and their validation based on artificial wind gusts impacting a flexible T-structure

The study focuses on the combination of two numerical approaches that are typically not used together in this manner. The first is a well-established partitioned fluid–structure interaction (FSI) simulation methodology relying on a finite-volume …

A numerical method to mimic an experimental wind gust generator: The immersed boundary gust generator

To generate horizontal wind gusts in a classical wind tunnel, Wood, Breuer, and Neumann [A novel approach for artificially generating horizontal wind gusts based on a movable plate: The paddle,” J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn. 230, 105170 (2022)] …

Implementation of an immersed boundary method for a fourth-order finite volume scheme

Master thesis.