A common strategy to model the Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) mechanisms is to couple the fluid dynamic solution, obtained by CFD tools, with structural solvers in an iterative process.
The European “RIBES” research project, funded within the 7th framework programme (aeronautics and air transport), was focused on the improvement of the accuracy of CFD-CSM based aeroelastic analysis tools, on the development of structural optimization environments and on the setup of an aeroelastic wind tunnel test campaign aimed to the FSI analysis codes validation.
The shape parameterization strategy and the interpolation technique adopted in the loads transfer procedure between CFD and FEM domains were based on the Radial Basis Functions mathematical framework.
