# \#mbdyn

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## [FSI for rotating Helicopter main rotor blades using OpenFoam v12 and MbDyn](https://precice.discourse.group/t/fsi-for-rotating-helicopter-main-rotor-blades-using-openfoam-v12-and-mbdyn/2649)

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**Author:** [@Nipuna\_Perera](https://precice.discourse.group/u/Nipuna_Perera)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2025, 10:18am UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/fsi-for-rotating-helicopter-main-rotor-blades-using-openfoam-v12-and-mbdyn/2649 "2025-11-02T10:18:09Z")

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Dear preCICE community, I’m trying to conduct FSI for rotating Helicopter main rotor blades. which I’m trying to do is a 3D simulation. Allowing 3DoF and rotating bodies at the same time is not possible in openFoam. The…

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## [DUST-preCICE-MBDyn example, invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key error](https://precice.discourse.group/t/dust-precice-mbdyn-example-invalid-mit-magic-cookie-1-key-error/2351)

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**Author:** [@Hong](https://precice.discourse.group/u/Hong)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/dust-precice-mbdyn-example-invalid-mit-magic-cookie-1-key-error/2351 "2025-03-10T11:06:47Z")

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Hello, I’m an undergraduate student currently attempting a DUST–MBDyn coupled simulation. I’ve compiled DUST with WITH\_PRECICE = YES, but I’m encountering the following error message: “Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key.” I’…

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## [Issue with linking preCICE and MBDyn](https://precice.discourse.group/t/issue-with-linking-precice-and-mbdyn/2328)

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**Author:** [@Joseph](https://precice.discourse.group/u/Joseph)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/issue-with-linking-precice-and-mbdyn/2328 "2025-02-27T12:36:24Z")

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Hello everyone, I am trying to do an FSI with MBDyn and OpenFOAM, as part of my thesis, but I am facing an issue with coupling. In my system, OpenFOAM 2306 was already installed and for preCICE, I installed the ‘libpre…

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## [Time-step management in MBDyn adapter](https://precice.discourse.group/t/time-step-management-in-mbdyn-adapter/1505)

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**Author:** [@Claudio](https://precice.discourse.group/u/Claudio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 9:06am UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/time-step-management-in-mbdyn-adapter/1505 "2024-04-17T09:06:12Z")

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Hi preCICE community, I’m trying to improve the overall compatibility of the MBDyn adapter. In particular I’m working on the time step management. Up to now all my simulations were based on the idea that MBDyn has the s…

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## [FSI coupling between OpenFOAM and MBDyn of a cycloidal rotor](https://precice.discourse.group/t/fsi-coupling-between-openfoam-and-mbdyn-of-a-cycloidal-rotor/912)

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**Author:** [@JulianSchl](https://precice.discourse.group/u/JulianSchl)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/fsi-coupling-between-openfoam-and-mbdyn-of-a-cycloidal-rotor/912 "2024-03-16T13:37:58Z")

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In this project a FSI coupling was established together with @louisgag to investigate the influence of rotor blade deformation of cycloidal rotors and its effect on the rotor efficiency. The preCICE OpenFOAM adapter use…

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## [SU2 - Turek Hron benchmark](https://precice.discourse.group/t/su2-turek-hron-benchmark/525)

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**Author:** [@alicezanella](https://precice.discourse.group/u/alicezanella)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 6:27am UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/su2-turek-hron-benchmark/525 "2022-07-21T06:27:27Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to replicate the Turek-Hron benchmark case for SU2-mbdyn. I’m following the reference values proposed in “Proposal for Numerical Benchmarking of Fluid-Structure Interaction between an Elastic Object and …

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## [Rotor blade simulation using SU2 and MBDyn](https://precice.discourse.group/t/rotor-blade-simulation-using-su2-and-mbdyn/719)

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**Author:** [@alicezanella](https://precice.discourse.group/u/alicezanella)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/rotor-blade-simulation-using-su2-and-mbdyn/719 "2021-09-23T14:28:36Z")

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Hello, I’m doing a FSI simulation of a rotorblade and I’m facing a problem with the mapping. The structure of the blade is discretised as a beam (1D reference line) with MBDyn, while the Fluid domain is discretised wi…

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## [Loose coupling for FSI simulations is not implemented yet](https://precice.discourse.group/t/loose-coupling-for-fsi-simulations-is-not-implemented-yet/666)

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**Author:** [@JulianSchl](https://precice.discourse.group/u/JulianSchl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/loose-coupling-for-fsi-simulations-is-not-implemented-yet/666 "2021-07-29T11:51:42Z")

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Hi, recently I’ve opened a thread regarding loose-coupling, which is a feature preCICE could maybe implement in the future. Because I think we did not understand, what I was trying to explain with loose-coupling, I’ve …

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## [Remeshing during FSI computation](https://precice.discourse.group/t/remeshing-during-fsi-computation/657)

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**Author:** [@Claudio](https://precice.discourse.group/u/Claudio)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/remeshing-during-fsi-computation/657 "2021-07-20T10:21:36Z")

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Dear preCICE community, I have read some previous posts and watched @fsimonis presentation about future features of preCICE concerning dynamic remeshing during computation and I’m looking forward to testing them. For t…

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## [Running FSI simulations on a Server](https://precice.discourse.group/t/running-fsi-simulations-on-a-server/635)

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**Author:** [@alicezanella](https://precice.discourse.group/u/alicezanella)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/running-fsi-simulations-on-a-server/635 "2021-07-14T09:16:13Z")

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Hello, After running a lot of simple FSI test cases on my pc, I have to run a very large simulation on a server. I’ve already installed the two solvers (SU2 and MBDyn) along with preCICE, the adapters and the necessary…

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## [MBDyn adapter: coupling sequence of operations](https://precice.discourse.group/t/mbdyn-adapter-coupling-sequence-of-operations/515)

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**Author:** [@Claudio](https://precice.discourse.group/u/Claudio)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/mbdyn-adapter-coupling-sequence-of-operations/515 "2021-07-07T13:47:58Z")

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Hi, following @DavidSCN suggestion about the order of operations during a coupling cycle in preCICE: which I recall here: I found a difference between how preCICE performs the coupling and the order of operations exp…

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## [Explicit Scheme on perpendicular flap tutorial](https://precice.discourse.group/t/explicit-scheme-on-perpendicular-flap-tutorial/603)

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**Author:** [@alicezanella](https://precice.discourse.group/u/alicezanella)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 7:31am UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/explicit-scheme-on-perpendicular-flap-tutorial/603 "2021-05-28T07:31:42Z")

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Hello, I was wondering if anyone tried the new 2D FSI perpendicular flap tutorial with an explicit serial coupling. I tried with MBDyn and SU2 and succeeded. Is it strange? Thank you, Alice

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## [MBDyn-Adapter: Matrix Q is not sufficiently orthogonal](https://precice.discourse.group/t/mbdyn-adapter-matrix-q-is-not-sufficiently-orthogonal/593)

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**Author:** [@JulianSchl](https://precice.discourse.group/u/JulianSchl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/mbdyn-adapter-matrix-q-is-not-sufficiently-orthogonal/593 "2021-05-16T19:40:25Z")

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Hi everyone, I am trying to get used to the preCICE adapter for MBDyn coupled with OpenFOAM. For the beginning, I am trying to get the tutorialcase working. After some porting of the Adapter to preCICE 2 and Python 3, I…

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## [Multiple interfaces](https://precice.discourse.group/t/multiple-interfaces/548)

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**Author:** [@alicezanella](https://precice.discourse.group/u/alicezanella)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/multiple-interfaces/548 "2021-04-09T06:57:20Z")

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Hello, I need to set up a simulation of 2 perpendicular flaps in tandem using SU2 and MBDyn. I set 2 wetSurfaces in the SU2 config, so I will pass to the solid solver 2 vectors of Forces. My question is: do I have to …

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## [SU2 failing finalization](https://precice.discourse.group/t/su2-failing-finalization/512)

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**Author:** [@alicezanella](https://precice.discourse.group/u/alicezanella)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/su2-failing-finalization/512 "2021-03-17T15:58:58Z")

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Hello, I’m doing a coupling between SU2 and mbdyn. I’m developing the flap-perp test case, in order to compare the results with the literature. Everything seems going fine, but at the end of the simulation SU2 displays…

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## [isCouplingOngoing error](https://precice.discourse.group/t/iscouplingongoing-error/507)

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**Author:** [@alicezanella](https://precice.discourse.group/u/alicezanella)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/iscouplingongoing-error/507 "2021-03-08T15:08:05Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m still a preCICE beginner and I cannot understand what could cause this error. The simulation starts regularly and goes on until the max-time value is reached. I even tried to input a bigger max-time …

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## [FSI: OpenFOAM with MBDyn](https://precice.discourse.group/t/fsi-openfoam-with-mbdyn/318)

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**Author:** [@Z0sK](https://precice.discourse.group/u/Z0sK)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/fsi-openfoam-with-mbdyn/318 "2020-09-10T02:47:07Z")

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Hi, I’m new to preCICE. I’m trying to reproduce the validation case’s results in the literature (using preCICE v1.5.2 & OpenFOAM v5.x & MBDyn v1.7.3). Validation case in literature: flexible cantilever beam is attache…

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## [preCICE adapter for MBDyn solver for beam elements](https://precice.discourse.group/t/precice-adapter-for-mbdyn-solver-for-beam-elements/239)

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**Author:** [@Claudio](https://precice.discourse.group/u/Claudio)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/precice-adapter-for-mbdyn-solver-for-beam-elements/239 "2020-07-06T19:55:05Z")

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Hi, I am working on an adapter to couple MBDyn with PreCICE. MBDyn is a moltibody dynamics analysis software. In particular I am working on beam elements. In MBDyn external structural elements are used to exchange load/…

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## [Deadlock during finalization](https://precice.discourse.group/t/deadlock-during-finalization/77)

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**Author:** [@jun\_leng](https://precice.discourse.group/u/jun_leng)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://precice.discourse.group/t/deadlock-during-finalization/77 "2019-11-20T14:46:37Z")

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Dear all, I am using preCICE 1.5.2 to couple my fluid and structural solver on Ubuntu18.04. I met with a strange problem and I don’t know how to solve it. preCICE finished coupling and stopped normally when max-time is …
