New developments and future road map for the ICFD solver in LS-DYNA

This paper will discuss some of the new additions that will be part in the R13.0 release for the Incompressible CFD (ICFD) solver in LS-DYNA. The paper will also cover some of the highlights of R12. In the past year there has been an increased interest in the model of problems that involve the simulation of free surfaces, Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) and porous media flow. These topics will be discussed, and the new features/improvements will be presented. The road map is a collection of feature requests from LS-DYNA distributors, Ansys ACE organization, academic collaborators and customers. Based on this a brief discussion the top topics will be presented including immersed interface techniques, gap closure models, multi-species transport and tighter integration with Ansys tools.