Author:
Wriggers P.,Hudobivnik B.,Allix O.
Abstract
AbstractThe virtual element method allows to revisit the construction of Kirchhoff-Love elements because the $$C^1$$
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1
-continuity condition is much easier to handle in the VEM framework than in the traditional Finite Elements methodology. Here we study the two most simple VEM elements suitable for Kirchhoff-Love plates as stated in Brezzi and Marini (Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng 253:455–462, 2013). The formulation contains new ideas and different approaches for the stabilisation needed in a virtual element, including classic and energy stabilisations. An efficient stabilisation is crucial in the case of $$C^1$$
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-continuous elements because the rank deficiency of the stiffness matrix associated to the projected part of the ansatz function is larger than for $$C^0$$
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-continuous elements. This paper aims at providing engineering inside in how to construct simple and efficient virtual plate elements for isotropic and anisotropic materials and at comparing different possibilities for the stabilisation. Different examples and convergence studies discuss and demonstrate the accuracy of the resulting VEM elements. Finally, reduction of virtual plate elements to triangular and quadrilateral elements with 3 and 4 nodes, respectively, yields finite element like plate elements. It will be shown that these $$C^1$$
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-continuous elements can be easily incorporated in legacy codes and demonstrate an efficiency and accuracy that is much higher than provided by traditional finite elements for thin plates.
Funder
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Applied Mathematics,Computational Mathematics,Computational Theory and Mathematics,Mechanical Engineering,Ocean Engineering,Computational Mechanics
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7 articles.
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