Preface Acknowledgments 1 The physics models 1.1Heat flow fundamentals 1.2Fluid dynamics 1.3Structural mechanics 1.4Electromagnetic field 1.5Acoustic analysis 2 Physics eoupling phenomena and formulations 2.1Introduction to coupling problems 2.2General coupling equations 2.3Types of coupling interfaces 2.4Classification of coupling phenomena 2.5The coupling matrices among physics models 2.6Thermal-stress coupling 2.7Fluid-structure interaction 2.8Conjugate heat transfer problem 2.9Acoustic-structure coupling 2.10Piezoelectric analysis 2.11Electrostatic-structure coupling 2.12Magneto-structure coupling 2.13Magneto-fluid coupling 2.14Electrothermal coupling 2.15Magnetic-thermal coupling 2.16Summary of the coupling types 3 The coupling methods 3.1Introduction to coupling methods 3.2The strong coupling method 3.3Weak coupling methods 3.4Comparisons of the strong and weak coupling methods 3.5Time integration scheme for transient multiphysics problems 4 Nonstructurai physics with moving boundary 4.1The moving domain problem in multiphysics simulation 4.2Advanced morphing method 4.3Automatic remeshing technology 4.4Mesh controls for rotating machinery 4.5Treatment for pinched flow problems 4.6Examples for mesh control 5Stabilization schemes for highly nonlinear problems 5.1An overview of stabilization methods 5.2Stabilization methods in spatial domain 5.3Stabilization in the time integration scheme 5.4Underrelaxation of the solution vector 5.5Capping for the solution 5.6Trade off the stability, accuracy, and efficiency 6Coupling simulation for rotating machines 6.1Reference frames 6.2General coupling boundary conditions 6.3Governing equations in body-attached rotating frame 6.4Multiple frames of references for rotating problems 6.5Morphing technology for rotating problems 6.6Multiphysics simulation for rotating machines 7High-performance computing for multiphysics problems 7.1The challenges in large-scale multiphysics simulation 7.2Parallel algorithm for the strong coupling method 7.3Parallel scheme for weak coupling methods 8General multiphysics study cases 8.1Efficiency studies of strong and weak coupling methods for simple case 8.2Fluid-structure interaction simulation of flow around a cylinder with a flexible flag attached 8.3Fluid-structure simulation of a flapping wing structure in a water channel Multiphysics applications in automotive engineering 9.1The study of dynamic characteristics of hydraulic engine mounts by strong coupling finite element model 9.2Weak coupling fluid-solid-thermal analysis of exhaust manifold 9.3Coupling analysis of permanent magnet synchronous motor 10Computational fluid dynamics in aerospace field and CFD-based multidisciplinary simulations 10.1Application and development of computational fluid dynamics simulation in the aerospace field 10.2The research topic and its progress 10.3Example 11Multiphysics simulation of microelectro-mechanical systems devices 11.1Introduction to MEMS 11.2Micropump 11.3Natural convection cooling of a microelectronic chip 12Bidirectional multiphysics simulation of turbine machinery 12.1The fluid-structure-thermal bidirectional coupling analysis on the rotor system of turbo expander 12.2The fluid-structure coupling analysis of the turbine blade 13Multiphysics modeling for biomechanical problems 13.1Numerical analysis of a 3D simplified artificial heart 13.2FSI simulation of a vascular tumor 14Other multiphysics applications 14.1FSI simulation of a sensor device in civil engineering 14.2Acoustic structural coupling case 15Code implementation of multiphysics modeling 15.1Overview of commercial CAE software for multiphysics 15.2Code implementation for multiphysics modeling References Index