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Generalized finite element methods for three-dimensional structural mechanics problems

15 Jun 2000-Computers & Structures (Pergamon)-Vol. 77, Iss: 2, pp 215-232
TL;DR: In this article, the generalized finite element method (GFEM) was used to solve complex, 3D structural mechanics problems and the performance of the GFEM and FEM in the solution of a 3D elasticity problem was compared.
About: This article is published in Computers & Structures.The article was published on 2000-06-15 and is currently open access. It has received 582 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mixed finite element method & Extended finite element method.

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Introduction

  • The analysis of complex three-dimensional structural components has become a common task in recent years at several industries, like, automotive, aerospace, naval, nuclear, etc. Formulation of Generalized Finite Element Methods: A Summary.
  • The partition of unity function ϕα is the global finite element shape function associated with node xα.
  • The mesh and problem size are representative of those used in, e.g., automotive and aerospace industry.
  • This quadratic GFE discretization has 46,188 dofs which is about 40% less dofs than the finite element counterpart.

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TL;DR: An overview of the extended/generalized finite element method (GEFM/XFEM) with emphasis on methodological issues is presented in this article, which enables accurate approximation of solutions that involve jumps, kinks, singularities, and other locally non-smooth features within elements.
Abstract: An overview of the extended/generalized finite element method (GEFM/XFEM) with emphasis on methodological issues is presented. This method enables the accurate approximation of solutions that involve jumps, kinks, singularities, and other locally non-smooth features within elements. This is achieved by enriching the polynomial approximation space of the classical finite element method. The GEFM/XFEM has shown its potential in a variety of applications that involve non-smooth solutions near interfaces: Among them are the simulation of cracks, shear bands, dislocations, solidification, and multi-field problems. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • ...[62]and applied to the edges of a solid....

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  • ...This approach with ψ (x) = 1 has been intensively investigated in the frame of the PUM [117, 16], GFEM [169, 20, 19] and hp-cloud method [66, 62, 136]....

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TL;DR: In this paper, a methodology to model arbitrary holes and material interfaces (inclusions) without meshing the internal boundaries is proposed, which couples the level set method with the extended finite element method (X-FEM).

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  • ...The recognition and use of partition of unity enrichment strategy to solve boundary-value problems with internal boundaries is due to Oden and co-workers [4] [5] [9] [10] ± the numerical technique was coined as the generalized ®nite-element method (GFEM)....

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  • ...(2000) [62–71]....

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  • ...One such example is the so-called ‘generalized finite element method’ (GFEM), which was developed based on the partition of unity principle (Duarte et al., 2000; Strouboulis et al., 2000, 2001) [73– 75]....

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  • ...…developed for fracture analysis with minimal or no re-meshing, as reported in Belytschko and Black (1999), Belytschko et al. (2001), Daux et al. (2000), Duarte et al. (2000, 2001), Dolbow et al. (2000), Jirasek and Zimmermann (2001a, b), Mo.es et al. (1999) and Sukumar et al. (2000) [62–71]....

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TL;DR: In this article, the extended and generalized finite element methods are reviewed with an emphasis on their applications to problems in material science: fracture, dislocations, grain boundaries and phase interfaces.
Abstract: The extended and generalized finite element methods are reviewed with an emphasis on their applications to problems in material science: (1) fracture, (2) dislocations, (3) grain boundaries and (4) phases interfaces. These methods facilitate the modeling of complicated geometries and the evolution of such geometries, particularly when combined with level set methods, as for example in the simulation growing cracks or moving phase interfaces. The state of the art for these problems is described along with the history of developments.

718 citations


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  • ...The first works in GFEM involved global enrichments of the approximation space; however, as early as 2000, local enrichment for singularities at sharp corners were also developed [34]....

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TL;DR: A conceptual model of how the Digital Twin can be used for predicting the life of aircraft structure and assuring its structural integrity is presented and the technical challenges to developing and deploying a Digital Twin are discussed.
Abstract: Reengineering of the aircraft structural life prediction process to fully exploit advances in very high performance digital computing is proposed. The proposed process utilizes an ultrahigh fidelity model of individual aircraft by tail number, a Digital Twin, to integrate computation of structural deflections and temperatures in response to flight conditions, with resulting local damage and material state evolution. A conceptual model of how the Digital Twin can be used for predicting the life of aircraft structure and assuring its structural integrity is presented. The technical challenges to developing and deploying a Digital Twin are discussed in detail.

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  • ...GFEM uses concepts from the partition of unity [11], where...

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TL;DR: In this article, an element-free Galerkin method which is applicable to arbitrary shapes but requires only nodal data is applied to elasticity and heat conduction problems, where moving least-squares interpolants are used to construct the trial and test functions for the variational principle.
Abstract: An element-free Galerkin method which is applicable to arbitrary shapes but requires only nodal data is applied to elasticity and heat conduction problems. In this method, moving least-squares interpolants are used to construct the trial and test functions for the variational principle (weak form); the dependent variable and its gradient are continuous in the entire domain. In contrast to an earlier formulation by Nayroles and coworkers, certain key differences are introduced in the implementation to increase its accuracy. The numerical examples in this paper show that with these modifications, the method does not exhibit any volumetric locking, the rate of convergence can exceed that of finite elements significantly and a high resolution of localized steep gradients can be achieved. The moving least-squares interpolants and the choices of the weight function are also discussed in this paper.

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01 Jan 1982
TL;DR: Elements finis Reference Record created on 2004-09-07, modified on 2016-08-08.
Abstract: Keywords: Methode des elements finis ; Mathematique ; Elements finis Reference Record created on 2004-09-07, modified on 2016-08-08

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  • ...[4,5,32]), xaˆ…x a, ya, za† are the coordinates of the node a, ha is the diameter of the largest ®nite element sharing the node a and N is the number of nodes in the mesh....

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TL;DR: In this article, the basic ideas and the mathematical foundation of the partition of unity finite element method (PUFEM) are presented and a detailed and illustrative analysis is given for a one-dimensional model problem.

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  • ...The generalized nite element method (GFEM) was proposed independently by Babu ska and colleagues [1,2, 12 ] (under the names special nite element methods, generalized nite element method and nite element partition of unity method) and by Duarte and Oden [6{9, 15] (under the names hp clouds and cloud-based hp nite element method)....

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  • ...In the case of nite element partitions of unity, the clouds ! are simply the union of the nite elements sharing a vertex node (see, for example, [ 12 , 15])....

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  • ...For a more detailed discussion we refer the interested reader to [2, 7, 12 , 15] and the references therein....

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Ted Belytschko1, Y. Krongauz1, D. Organ1, Mark Fleming1, Petr Krysl1 
TL;DR: Meshless approximations based on moving least-squares, kernels, and partitions of unity are examined and it is shown that the three methods are in most cases identical except for the important fact that partitions ofunity enable p-adaptivity to be achieved.

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  • ...Recent surveys on meshless methods can be found in [6,8]....

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29 Mar 1991
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a general solution based on the principle of virtual work for two-dimensional linear elasticity problems and their convergence rates in one-dimensional dimensions. But they do not consider the case of three-dimensional LEL problems.
Abstract: Mathematical Models and Engineering Decisions. Generalized Solutions Based on the Principle of Virtual Work. Finite Element Discretizations in One Dimension. Extensions and Their Convergence Rates in One Dimension. Two-Dimensional Linear Elastostatic Problems. Element-Level Basis Functions in Two Dimensions. Computation of Stiffness Matrices and Load Vectors for Two Dimensional Elastostatic Problems. Potential Flow Problems. Assembly, Constraint Enforcement, and Solution. Extensions and Their Convergence Rates in Two Dimensions. Computation of Displacements, Stresses and Stress Resultants. Computation of the Coefficients of Asymptotic Expansions. Three-Dimensional Linear Elastostatic Problems. Models for Plates and Shells. Miscellaneous Topics. Estimation and Control of Errors of Discretization. Mathematical Models. Appendices. Index.

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Inc., 7800 Shoal Creek Blvd. Suite 290E Austin, Texas, 78757, USAThe present paper summarizes the generalized finite element method formulation and demonstrates some of its advantages over traditional finite element methods to solve complex, three-dimensional structural mechanics problems.