Dear dealii community,

I have a fluid-structure interaction type of problem to solve, where on one 
domain I have the linearized compressible Navier-Stokes equations, and on 
the other - equation of motion (elastic deformation). The PDEs that I have 
are time-harmonic, so there is no time dependence. On the F-S interface, I 
need to satisfy two continuity conditions:

1) *v* = ik**u* (no voids)
2) *τ*(*v*)*n* =* σ*(*u*)*n* (continuity of stress)
(*v* - fluid velocity, *u* - structure displacement; *τ*,*σ* - stress 
tensors; k - constant, i - imaginary number)

So far, what I've done is generated a Robin-Robin type of BCs by adding the 
two conditions together:

*v* + a**τ*(*v*)*n* = ik**u* + a**σ*(*u*)*n*

where a is a parameter that we can choose (one value for the NS-equations, 
and another for the eqn of motion). In a test-case that I've built, this 
method seems to work, but I've always wondered about two things:

1) Is this actually an appropriate approach toward solving such a problem?
2) Choosing the correct a-parameters for both the fluid and the structure 
is always very difficult and unpredictable. Is there a better way to find 
the two parameters that will satisfy the conditions aside from just 
plugging in values and seeing what works?

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Artur

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