A New Family of Higher-Order Time Integration Algorithms for the Analysis of Structural Dynamics

2017 ◽  
Vol 84 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wooram Kim ◽  
J. N. Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Structural Dynamics ◽  
Time Integration ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Weighted Residual Method ◽  
New Family ◽  
Equal Degree ◽  
Fundamental Limitations ◽  
Mixed Formulations ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Integration Algorithms

For the development of a new family of implicit higher-order time integration algorithms, mixed formulations that include three time-dependent variables (i.e., the displacement, velocity, and acceleration vectors) are developed. Equal degree Lagrange type interpolation functions in time are used to approximate the dependent variables in the mixed formulations, and the time finite element method and the modified weighted-residual method are applied to the velocity–displacement and velocity–acceleration relations of the mixed formulations. Weight parameters are introduced and optimized to achieve preferable attributes of the time integration algorithms. Specific problems of structural dynamics are used in the numerical examples to discuss some fundamental limitations of the well-known second-order accurate algorithms as well as to demonstrate advantages of using the developed higher-order algorithms.

Effective Higher-Order Time Integration Algorithms for the Analysis of Linear Structural Dynamics

2017 ◽  
Vol 84 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wooram Kim ◽  
J. N. Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Structural Dynamics ◽  
Displacement Vector ◽  
Time Integration ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Weighted Residual Method ◽  
Residual Vector ◽  
Integral Forms ◽  
Integration Algorithms ◽  
Hermite Approximation

For the development of a new family of higher-order time integration algorithms for structural dynamics problems, the displacement vector is approximated over a typical time interval using the pth-degree Hermite interpolation functions in time. The residual vector is defined by substituting the approximated displacement vector into the equation of structural dynamics. The modified weighted-residual method is applied to the residual vector. The weight parameters are used to restate the integral forms of the weighted-residual statements in algebraic forms, and then, these parameters are optimized by using the single-degree-of-freedom problem and its exact solution to achieve improved accuracy and unconditional stability. As a result of the pth-degree Hermite approximation of the displacement vector, pth-order (for dissipative cases) and (p + 1)st-order (for the nondissipative case) accurate algorithms with dissipation control capabilities are obtained. Numerical examples are used to illustrate performances of the newly developed algorithms.

A Comparative Study of Two Families of Higher-Order Accurate Time Integration Algorithms

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (08) ◽  
pp. 1950048 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wooram Kim ◽  
Jin Ho Lee
Keyword(s):  
Structural Dynamics ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamic ◽  
Time Integration ◽  
Nonlinear Problems ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Dynamic Problems ◽  
The Past ◽  
Numerical Tests ◽  
Integration Algorithms ◽  
Computational Structures

Two families of higher-order accurate time integration algorithms are numerically tested by using various nonlinear problems of structural dynamics, and the numerical results obtained from them are compared. To be specific, the higher-order algorithms of Kim and Reddy and the higher-order algorithms of Fung are used for this study. In linear analyses, these two different families of higher-order algorithms do not present noticeable differences. However, performances of these algorithms are quite different when they are applied to various nonlinear dynamic problems. For the numerical tests, well-known nonlinear problems are selected from the past studies. For the completeness, the two families of algorithms are briefly reviewed, and their advantageous computational structures are also explained.

An Improved Time Integration Algorithm: A Collocation Time Finite Element Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (02) ◽  
pp. 1750024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wooram Kim ◽  
J. N. Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Time Integration ◽  
Integration Algorithm ◽  
Finite Element Approach ◽  
New Family ◽  
Integration Schemes ◽  
Time Integration Algorithm ◽  
Time Integration Schemes ◽  
Element Approach ◽  
Integration Algorithms

A time collocation finite element approach is employed to develop one- and two-step time integration schemes with algorithmic dissipation control capability. The newly developed time integration schemes are combined to obtain a new family of time integration algorithms using the concept employed by Baig and Bathe. The newly developed algorithm can effectively control the algorithmic dissipation by relating the collocation parameters with the spectral radius in the high frequency limit. The new algorithm provides better accuracy compared with the generalized-[Formula: see text] method for highly dissipative cases and includes the Baig and Bathe method within its family as a special case.

A Time Integration Algorithm for Structural Dynamics With Improved Numerical Dissipation: The Generalized-α Method

1993 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Chung ◽  
G. M. Hulbert
Keyword(s):  
Structural Dynamics ◽  
Time Integration ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Numerical Dissipation ◽  
Integration Algorithm ◽  
Integration Methods ◽  
New Family ◽  
Time Integration Methods ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Dynamics Problems

A new family of time integration algorithms is presented for solving structural dynamics problems. The new method, denoted as the generalized-α method, possesses numerical dissipation that can be controlled by the user. In particular, it is shown that the generalized-α method achieves high-frequency dissipation while minimizing unwanted low-frequency dissipation. Comparisons are given of the generalized-α method with other numerically dissipative time integration methods; these results highlight the improved performance of the new algorithm. The new algorithm can be easily implemented into programs that already include the Newmark and Hilber-Hughes-Taylor-α time integration methods.

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