Consistent C-bar radial-basis Galerkin method for finite strain analysis

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2023

Authors

Areias, P (Author) Other; Pouca, MCPV (Author) Other; Parente, MPL (Author) FEUP; Jorge, RMN (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Advances in Engineering Software

Vol. 186

ISSN: 0965-9978

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-00Z-C4B

DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2023.103548

Abstract (EN): For finite-strain problems of quasi-incompressible materials, with hyperelastic and hyperelasto-plastic behavior, we develop a mixed polynomial-enriched radial-basis function (RBF) interpolation. It is characterized by decoupling quadrature and polynomials for the deviatoric and volumetric terms of the right Cauchy-Green tensor. With an enriched interpolation, first and second derivatives of the deformation gradient are continuous. A finite-element mesh is employed for quadrature purposes with the corresponding distribution of Gauss points. In terms of discretization, linear, quadratic and cubic polynomials are combined and function support is established from the number of pre-assigned nodes. Due to the adoption of a Lagrangian kernel, finite strain elasto-plastic constitutive developments are based on the Mandel stress. Combined with the C technique, these developments are found to be convenient from an implementation perspective, as RBF formulations for finite strain plasticity have been limited in terms of generality and amplitude of deformations in the quasi -incompressibility case. Three benchmark tests are successfully solved, and it was found that a combination of reduced integration with a deviatoric cubic basis and volumetric quadratic basis provides superior results in the quasi-incompressible case. Numerical testing shows very good convergence behavior of the results. Besides absence of locking with selective interpolation, outstanding Newton convergence was observed regardless of strain levels.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 18