scholarly journals The Characteristic Solutions to the V-Notch Plane Problem of Anisotropy and the Associated Finite Element Method

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ge Tian ◽  
Xiang-Rong Fu ◽  
Ming-Wu Yuan ◽  
Meng-Yan Song
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Plane Problem ◽  
Efficient Method ◽  
Complex Variables ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Element Method

This paper presents a novel way to calculate the characteristic solutions of the anisotropy V-notch plane problem. The material eigen equation of the anisotropy based on the Stroh theory and the boundary eigen equation of the V-notch plane problem are studied separately. A modified Müller method is utilized to calculate characteristic solutions of anisotropy V-notch plane problem, which are employed to formulate the analytical trial functions (ATF) in the associated finite element method. The numerical examples show that the proposed subregion accelerated Müller method is an efficient method to calculate the solutions of the equation involving the complex variables. The proposed element ATF-VN based on the analytical trial functions, which contain the characteristic solutions of the anisotropy V-notch problem, presents good performance in the benchmarks.

The Equilibrium Cell-Based Smooth Finite Element Method for Shakedown Analysis of Structures

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (05) ◽  
pp. 1840013 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. H. Ho ◽  
C. V. Le ◽  
T. Q. Chu
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Optimization Problem ◽  
Conic Programming ◽  
Equilibrium Equations ◽  
Shakedown Analysis ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Elastic Stresses ◽  
Gauss Points ◽  
Element Method

This paper presents a novel equilibrium formulation, that uses the cell-based smoothed method and conic programming, for limit and shakedown analysis of structures. The virtual strains are computed using straining cell-based smoothing technique based on elements of discretized mesh. Fictitious elastic stresses are also determined within the framework of finite element method (CS-FEM)-based Galerkin procedure, and equilibrium equations for residual stresses are satisfied in an average sense at every cell-based smoothing cell. All constrains are imposed at only one point in the smoothing domains, instead of Gauss points as in a standard FEM-based procedure. The resulting optimization problem is then handled using the highly efficient solvers. Various numerical examples are investigated, and obtained solutions are compared with available results in the literature.

Hot Forging Comparative Analyses by Using a Combined Finite Element Method

2007 ◽  
Vol 340-341 ◽  
pp. 737-742
Author(s):  
Yong Ming Guo
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Hot Forging ◽  
Rigid Plastic ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Comparative Analyses ◽  
Single Action ◽  
Element Method

In this paper, single action die and double action die hot forging problems are analyzed by a combined FEM, which consists of the volumetrically elastic and deviatorically rigid-plastic FEM and the heat transfer FEM. The volumetrically elastic and deviatorically rigid-plastic FEM has some merits in comparison with the conventional rigid-plastic FEMs. Differences of calculated results for the two forging processes can be clearly seen in this paper. It is also verified that these calculated results are similar to those of the conventional rigid-plastic FEM in comparison with analyses of the same numerical examples by the penalty rigid-plastic FEM.

scholarly journals A high order immersed finite element method for parabolic interface problems

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 01007
Author(s):  
Derrick Jones ◽  
Xu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
High Order ◽  
Interface Problems ◽  
Numerical Schemes ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Immersed Finite Element Method ◽  
Immersed Finite Element ◽  
Time Marching ◽  
Element Method

We present a high order immersed finite element (IFE) method for solving 1D parabolic interface problems. These methods allow the solution mesh to be independent of the interface. Time marching schemes including Backward-Eulerand Crank-Nicolson methods are implemented to fully discretize the system. Numerical examples are provided to test the performance of our numerical schemes.

scholarly journals Stress evaluation in displacement-based 2D nonlocal finite element method

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurora Angela Pisano ◽  
Paolo Fuschi
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Stress Field ◽  
Nonlocal Elasticity ◽  
Integration Technique ◽  
Stress Evaluation ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Spurious Oscillations ◽  
Displacement Based ◽  
Element Method

Abstract The evaluation of the stress field within a nonlocal version of the displacement-based finite element method is addressed. With the aid of two numerical examples it is shown as some spurious oscillations of the computed nonlocal stresses arise at sections (or zones) of macroscopic inhomogeneity of the examined structures. It is also shown how the above drawback, which renders the stress numerical solution unreliable, can be viewed as the so-called locking in FEM, a subject debated in the early seventies. It is proved that a well known remedy for locking, i.e. the reduced integration technique, can be successfully applied also in the nonlocal elasticity context.

scholarly journals Enriched degree of freedom locking in crack analysis using the extended finite element method

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 168781401985979
Author(s):  
Han-Soo Kim ◽  
Geon-Hyeong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Extended Finite Element Method ◽  
Degree Of Freedom ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Extended Finite Element ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
Crack Analysis ◽  
Element Method

In this article, the enriched degree of freedom locking that can occur in a crack analysis with the extended finite element method is described. The discontinuous displacement field formulated by the enriched degree of freedom in the extended finite element method does not activate due to the enriched degree of freedom locking. Using the phantom node method, the occurrence of locking when two adjacent elements are simultaneously cracked in a loading step was verified. Two adjacent cracks can be determined to have developed simultaneously when an analysis model reveals a relatively uniform stress distribution on two adjacent elements. Numerical examples of a simply tensioned bar and a reinforced concrete beam are presented to demonstrate the erroneous analysis result due to the enriched degree of freedom locking. As a simple method to circumvent the enriched degree of freedom locking, the tensile strength of the neighboring elements was slightly increased in the numerical examples, and the effectiveness of the method was demonstrated. The proposed method is simple and easy for practicing engineers, and it can be easily applied to the three-dimensional crack propagation analysis.

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