Efficient Solvers for Mixed Finite Element Discretizations of Nonlinear Problems in Solid Mechanics

2011 ◽  
pp. 201-209
Author(s):  
Gerhard Starke
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Solid Mechanics ◽  
Mixed Finite Element ◽  
Nonlinear Problems ◽  
Finite Element Discretizations ◽  
Element Discretizations

Modeling Beam–Solid Finite Element Interfaces: A Stabilized Formulation for Contact and Coupled Systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (09) ◽  
pp. 1850094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge A. Montero ◽  
Ghadir Haikal
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Finite Elements ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Solid Mechanics ◽  
Pressure Field ◽  
Coupled Systems ◽  
Weak Continuity ◽  
Finite Element Discretizations ◽  
Geometric Compatibility ◽  
Element Discretizations

A number of engineering applications involve contact with bodies modeled using specialized theories of solid mechanics like beams or shells. While computational models for contact in 2D and 3D solid mechanics have been extensively developed in the literature, problems involving contact with beams or shells have received less attention. When modeling contact between a solid body represented with beam or shell theory and a domain discretized with solid finite elements, the contact model faces the typical challenges of enforcing geometric compatibility and the transfer of a complete pressure field along the contact interface, with the added complications stemming from the different underlying mathematical formulations and finite element discretizations in the connecting domains. Resultant-based beam and shell theories do not provide direct estimates of surface tractions, therefore rendering the issue of pressure transfer on beam–solid and shell–solid interfaces more problematic. In the absence of specialized contact formulations for solid–beam and solid–shell interfaces, contact models have relied almost exclusively on the Node-To-Surface (NTS) geometric compatibility approach. This formulation suffers from well-known drawbacks, including instability, surface locking and incomplete pressure fields on the interface. The NTS approach, however, remains the method most readily applicable to contact with beam or shell elements among the vast variety of available methods for computational contact modeling using finite elements. The goal of this paper is to bridge the gap in the literature on coupling domains with beam and solid finite element discretizations. We propose an interface formulation for beam–solid interfaces that ensures the transfer of a complete pressure field while enforcing geometric compatibility using standard NTS constraints. The formulation uses a stabilization approach, based on a special form of the Discontinuous Galerkin method, to enforce weak continuity between the stress fields on the solid side of the interface, and the moment and shear resultants in the contacting beam. We show that the proposed formulation is a robust approach for satisfying compatibility constraints while ensuring the transfer of a complete pressure field on beam–solid finite element interfaces that can be used with bilinear and quadratic interpolations in the solid, and Euler or Timoshenko formulations for the beam.

scholarly journals ON THE INF–SUP CONDITION OF MIXED FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS FOR ACOUSTIC FLUIDS

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (05) ◽  
pp. 883-901 ◽  
Author(s):  
WEIZHU BAO ◽  
XIAODONG WANG ◽  
KLAUS-JÜRGEN BATHE
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Error Bounds ◽  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Mixed Finite Element ◽  
Optimal Error ◽  
Finite Element Discretizations ◽  
Analytical Proof ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Element Discretizations ◽  
Finite Element Formulations

The objective of this paper is to present a study of the solvability, stability and optimal error bounds of certain mixed finite element formulations for acoustic fluids. An analytical proof of the stability and optimal error bounds of a set of three-field mixed finite element discretizations is given, and the interrelationship between the inf–sup condition, including the numerical inf–sup test, and the eigenvalue problem pertaining to the natural frequencies is discussed.

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