Adaptive mesh refinement for the control of cost and quality in finite element analysis

2005 ◽  
Vol 41 (15) ◽  
pp. 1413-1440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Bellenger ◽  
Patrice Coorevits
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Adaptive Mesh Refinement ◽  
Mesh Refinement ◽  
Adaptive Mesh ◽  
Element Analysis

Development of an Object-Oriented Program With Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Heat Transfer Simulations

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianhu Nie ◽  
David A. Hopkins ◽  
Yitung Chen ◽  
Hsuan-Tsung Hsieh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Adaptive Mesh Refinement ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mesh Refinement ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Adaptive Mesh ◽  
Time Cost ◽  
Test Bed ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Cpu Time

A 2D/3D object-oriented program with h-type adaptive mesh refinement method is developed for finite element analysis of the multi-physics applications including heat transfer. A framework with some basic classes that enable the code to be built accordingly to the type of problem to be solved is proposed. The program consists of different modules and classes, which ease code development for large-scale complex systems, code extension and program maintenance. The developed program can be used as a “test-bed” program for testing new analysis techniques and algorithms with high extensibility and flexibility. The overall mesh refinement causes the CPU time cost to greatly increase as the mesh is refined. However, the CPU time cost does not increase very much with the increase of the level of h-adaptive mesh refinement. The CPU time cost can be saved by up to 90%, especially for the simulated system with a large number of elements and nodes.

The Implementation of Inter-Element Model for Crack Growth Simulation

2004 ◽  
Vol 261-263 ◽  
pp. 687-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Kamal Ariffin ◽  
Syifaul Huzni ◽  
Nik Abdullah Nik Mohamed ◽  
Mohd Jailani Mohd Nor
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Crack Propagation ◽  
Crack Growth ◽  
Crack Problem ◽  
Adaptive Mesh ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Error Norm ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Element Mesh

The implementation of inter-element model to simulate crack propagation by using finite element analysis with adaptive mesh is presented. An adaptive finite element mesh is applied to analyze two-dimension elastoplastic fracture during crack propagation. Displacement control approach and updated Lagrangean strategy are used to solve the non-linearity in geometry, material and boundary for plane stress crack problem. In the finite element analysis, remeshing process is based on stress error norm coupled with h-version mesh refinement to find an optimal mesh. The crack is modeled by splitting crack tip node and automatic remeshing calculated for each step of crack growth. Crack has been modeled to propagate through the inter-element in the mesh. The crack is free to propagates without predetermine path direction. Maximum principal normal stress criterion is used as the direction criteria. Several examples are presented to show the results of the implementation.

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