Non-intrusive reduced order models for partitioned fluid–structure interactions

The main goal of this work is to develop a data-driven Reduced Order Model (ROM) strategy from high-fidelity simulation result data of a Full Order Model (FOM). The goal is to predict at lower computational cost the time evolution of solutions of Fluid–Structure Interaction (FSI) problems. For some FSI applications, the elastic solid FOM (often chosen as quasi-static) can take far more computational time than the fluid one. In this context, for the sake of performance one could only derive a ROM for the structure and try to achieve a partitioned FOM fluid solver coupled with a ROM solid one. In this paper, we present a data-driven partitioned ROM on two study cases: (i) a simplified 1D-1D FSI problem representing an axisymmetric elastic model of an arterial vessel, coupled with an incompressible fluid flow; (ii) an incompressible wake flow over a cylinder facing an elastic solid with two flaps. We evaluate the accuracy and performance of the proposed ROM-FOM strategy on these cases while investigating the effects of the model’s hyperparameters. We demonstrate a high prediction accuracy and significant speedup achievements using this strategy.