Hybrid Methods for Fluid-Structure-Interaction Problems in

Summary. In this paper, we describe a hybrid method for problems coming from computational aeroelasticity. The method is hybrid in the sense that it comprises dif-ferent discretisation techniques such as finite elements, finite volumes and meshfree approximation. After a thorough introduction into the field of aeroelasticity and the involved mathematical models from elasticity and aerodynamics, the paper concen-trates on the coupling process, which is realised by meshfree, kernel-based interpola-tion techniques, taking new developments like partition of unity and matrix-valued kernels into account. The paper ends with examples demonstrating the feasibility of the proposed method