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. 2017 Jan 27;33(9):e2848. doi: 10.1002/cnm.2848

Table 1.

Selection of popular FSI benchmark test cases (in publication order) with specification of Reynolds number R e and whether the benchmark is based on an experiment

  FSI benchmark References R e Experiment steady/transient
2D Flow past elastic cylinder Ghattas and Li15; Wall16 50 Steady
2D Elastic plate behind rigid square body Wall16; Wall and Ramm17; Hübner et al18 204, 333 Transient
2D Modified lid‐driven cavity Wall16; Mok19 200 Transient
2D Elastic plate behind rigid cylinder Turek and Hron20 20, 100, 200 Both
2D Elastic plate with rear mass behind rotary cylinder Gomes and Lienhart21, 22, 25; Gomes et al23; Gomes24 140, 195, 15400 X Transient
2D Elastic plate with rear mass behind rigid cylinder Kalmbach and Breuer26; Kalmbach27 30470 X Transient
2D Elastic plate behind rigid cylinder Kalmbach27; De Nayer et al28 30470 X Transient
3D Shell in steady‐state cross‐flow Bathe and Ledezma29 0 − 5000 Steady
3D Elastic plate behind truncated cone Kalmbach27; Kalmbach et al30 21300 − 32000 X Transient
3D Elastic structure in merging flow from two inlets this work 651, 1283 X Both

Abbreviation: FSI, fluid‐structure interaction.

We emphasize that the list is not exhaustive, see, for example, previous works.28, 29