Application of scaled boundary finite element method in static and dynamic fracture problems

The scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM) is a recently developed numerical method combining advantages of both finite element methods (FEM) and boundary element methods (BEM) and with its own special features as well. One of the most prominent advantages is its capability of calculating stress intensity factors (SIFs) directly from the stress solutions whose singularities at crack tips are analytically represented. This advantage is taken in this study to model static and dynamic fracture problems. For static problems, a remeshing algorithm as simple as used in the BEM is developed while retaining the generality and flexibility of the FEM. Fully-automatic modelling of the mixed-mode crack propagation is then realised by combining the remeshing algorithm with a propagation criterion. For dynamic fracture problems, a newly developed series-increasing solution to the SBFEM governing equations in the frequency domain is applied to calculate dynamic SIFs. Three plane problems are modelled. The numerical results show that the SBFEM can accurately predict static and dynamic SIFs, cracking paths and load-displacement curves, using only a fraction of degrees of freedom generally needed by the traditional finite element methods.The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50579081) and the Australian Research Council (DP0452681)The English text was polished by Keren Wang.     

A comparison of boundary element and finite element methods for modeling axisymmetric polymeric drop deformation

A modified boundary element method (BEM) and the DEVSS‐G finite element method (FEM) are applied to model the deformation of a polymeric drop suspended in another fluid subjected to start‐up uniaxial extensional flow. The effects of viscoelasticity, via the Oldroyd‐B differential model, are considered for the drop phase using both FEM and BEM and for both the drop and matrix phases using FEM. Where possible, results are compared with the linear deformation theory. Consistent predictions are obtained among the BEM, FEM, and linear theory for purely Newtonian systems and between FEM and linear theory for fully viscoelastic systems. FEM and BEM predictions for viscoelastic drops in a Newtonian matrix agree very well at short times but differ at longer times, with worst agreement occurring as critical flow strength is approached. This suggests that the dominant computational advantages held by the BEM over the FEM for this and similar problems may diminish or even disappear when the issue of accuracy is appropriately considered. Fully viscoelastic problems, which are only feasible using the FEM formulation, shed new insight on the role of viscoelasticity of the matrix fluid in drop deformation. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A coupled FEM/BEM approach and its accuracy for solving crack problems in fracture mechanics

The finite element (FEM) and the boundary element methods (BEM) are well known powerful numerical techniques for solving a wide range of problems in applied science and engineering. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, so that it is desirable to develop a combined finite element/boundary element method approach, which makes use of their advantages and reduces their disadvantages. Several coupling techniques are proposed in the literature, but until now the incompatibility of the basic variables remains a problem to be solved. To overcome this problem, a special super-element using boundary elements based on the usual finite element technique of total potential energy minimization has been developed in this paper. The application of the most commonly used approaches in finite element method namely quarter-point elements and J-integrals techniques were examined using the proposed coupling FEM–BEM. The accuracy and efficiency of the proposed approach have been assessed for the evaluation of stress intensity factors (SIF). It was found that the FEM–BEM coupling technique gives more accurate values of the stress intensity factors with fewer degrees of freedom.     

近场动力学与有限元方法耦合求解热传导问题

求解含裂纹等不连续问题一直是计算力学的重点研究课题之一,以偏微分方程为基础的连续介质力学方法处理不连续问题时面临很大的困难. 近场动力学方法是一种基于积分方程的非局部理论,在处理不连续问题时有很大的优越性. 本文提出了求解含裂纹热传导问题的一种新的近场动力学与有限元法的耦合方法. 结合近场动力学方法处理不连续问题的优势以及有限元方法计算效率高的优势,将求解区域划分为两个区域,近场动力学区域和有限元区域. 包含裂纹的区域采用近场动力学方法建模,其他区域采用有限元方法建模. 本文提出的耦合方案实施简单方便,近场动力学区域与有限元区域之间不需要设置重叠区域. 耦合方法通过近场动力学粒子与其域内所有粒子(包括近场动力学粒子和有限元节点)以非局部方式连接,有限元节点与其周围的所有粒子以有限元方式相互作用. 将有限元热传导矩阵和近场动力学粒子相互作用矩阵写入同一整体热传导矩阵中,并采用Guyan缩聚法进一步减小计算量. 分别采用连续介质力学方法和近场动力学方法对一维以及二维温度场算例进行模拟,结果表明,本文的耦合方法具有较高的计算精度和计算效率. 该耦合方案可以进一步拓展到热力耦合条件下含裂纹材料和结构的裂纹扩展问题.      

裂缝分析的比例边界有限元与有限元耦合的虚拟结构面模型

比例边界有限元法SBFEM(Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method)是一种半解析数值方法,在裂缝分析特别是强度因子计算上具有相当高的精度。本文提出了一种用于裂缝分析的基于虚拟结构面的SBFEM与常规FEM的耦合分析方法。首先选取裂缝周边一定范围的计算域,并将结构分成不含裂缝区域和含裂缝区域两部分。然后,对不含裂缝区域,采用FEM进行网格离散;对含裂缝区域,采用SBFEM进行网格离散;两者相互独立,在这两个域内,分别采用各自相应的位移模式。最后通过在SBFEM网格的外边界设置虚拟耦合结构面的模式,实现有限元网格和比例边界有限元网格的耦合。通过两个经典的含裂缝平板的算例研究,探讨了本文方法在I型开裂和混合型开裂分析中,影响应力强度因子精度的因素。算例表明,SBFEM具有的降维和半解析性质,使本文方法在裂缝分析中的前处理简单易行,且计算结果具有相当高的计算精度。     

The coupling method for torsion problem of the square cross-section bar with cracks

By coupling natural boundary element method (NBEM) with FEM based on domain decomposition, the torsion problem of the square cross-sections bar with cracks have been studied, the stresses of the nodes of the cross-sections and the stress intensity factors have been calculated, and some distribution pictures of the stresses have been drawn. During computing, the effect of the relaxed factors to the convergence speed of the iterative method has been discussed. The results of the computation have confirmed the advantages of the NBEM and its coupling with the FEM. Foundation item: the State Key Laboratory of Science and Engineering Computation Biography: ZHAO Hui-ming (1971-)     

无网格与有限元的耦合在动态断裂研究中的应用

提出将无网格Galerkin法与有限元耦合的方法用于分析动态裂纹扩展问题,只在裂尖附近区域沿裂纹扩展方向布置无网格结点,而在其他区域采用一般的有限元,区域交界处的结点采用MLS方法插值,然后将求得的结点值再分配到有限单元的相关结点上,保证了无网格区域和有限元区域的交界处位移的连续。避免了网格的再生成,同时也克服了单纯使用无网格Galerkin法所带来的边界条件难处理及计算效率较低的缺点。数值算例显示这种方法是有效的。     

针对有砟道床动力特性分析的嵌入式离散元-有限元耦合方法

在离散元-有限元耦合方法中,离散元和有限元交界面处的耦合方式对整体有砟道床的力学行为影响显著.采用基于球形单元的镶嵌单元或粘结单元模拟有砟道床时,由于球形单元和有限单元表面的自锁能力较差,使道砟层在列车载荷作用下容易产生侧向滑移,导致数值模型不稳定.此外,在实际铁路道床中,底部道砟均不同程度地嵌入路堤.为此,发展了一种嵌入式离散元-有限元耦合方法,通过设置一层嵌入地基有限元模型中的球形颗粒传递离散元域和有限元域间的力学参数,实现离散元和有限元方法的耦合.数值结果表明,嵌入式离散元-有限元耦合模型能够有效降低有砟道床的侧向位移,数值结果更加稳定,在处理与有砟道床类似的连续介质与散体介质的耦合问题时推荐采用嵌入式耦合算法.     

近场动力学最小二乘和有限元耦合方法研究

准确高效地对损伤和断裂问题进行建模是计算力学中的关键研究课题之一。将近场动力学最小二乘在处理含裂纹等非连续问题上的优势和有限元计算效率高及便于施加边界条件的优势结合，提出了近场动力学最小二乘和有限元耦合方法。将裂纹及其可能扩展区域划分为近场动力学区域，边界及其他区域划分为有限元区域，并将其中的结点类型分为近场动力学结点和有限元结点。有限元结点仅与同单元中的其他结点产生作用，近场动力学结点则与其族内的所有结点产生作用。将以上的单元刚度矩阵和质量矩阵进行组装得到整体刚度矩阵和整体质量矩阵。本文的耦合方法数值实现简单有效，相对于键基和常规态基近场动力学，该耦合方法包含了应力和应变的概念，同时不受零能模式的影响。一维和二维静态和动态问题的研究，验证了本文的耦合方法的有效性和准确性。     

移动接触下求解二维闭合裂纹的双重迭代边界元法

使用子域边界元法对受移动接触弹性体作用下的二维闭合裂纹问题进行了数值计算。由于两弹性体的接触界面和裂纹表面的接触范围的大小和接触状态事先是未知的 ,对此 ,在两个接触表面同时采用迭代的方法进行了求解。在裂纹的每个裂尖上都采用了四分之一的奇异单元以保证裂尖位移场和应力场奇异性的满足。用我们编制的二维裂纹问题程序对一些中心裂纹问题进行了计算 ,计算结果与经典断裂力学的理论值比较吻合。在无摩擦的条件下 ,对一些具有不同角度且受移动接触弹性体作用下的闭合裂纹问题进行了数值计算 ,得到了一些耦合作用下的应力强度因子的计算结果     

FUNDAMENTAL SOLUTION BASED GRADED ELEMENT MODEL FOR STEADY-STATE HEAT TRANSFER IN FGM

A novel hybrid graded element model is developed in this paper for investigating thermal behavior of functionally graded materials (FGMs). The model can handle a spatially varying material property field of FGMs. In the proposed approach, a new variational functional is first constructed for generating corresponding finite element model. Then, a graded element is formulated based on two sets of independent temperature fields. One is known as intra-element temperature field defined within the element domain; the other is the so-called frame field defined on the element boundary only. The intra-element temperature field is constructed using the linear combination of fundamental solutions, while the independent frame field is separately used as the boundary interpolation functions of the element to ensure the field continuity over the interelement boundary. Due to the properties of fundamental solutions, the domain integrals appearing in the variational functional can be converted into boundary integrals which can significantly simplify the calculation of generalized element stiffness matrix. The proposed model can simulate the graded material properties naturally due to the use of the graded element in the finite element (FE) model. Moreover, it inherits all the advantages of the hybrid Trefftz finite element method (HT-FEM) over the conventional FEM and boundary element method (BEM). Finally, several examples are presented to assess the performance of the proposed method, and the obtained numerical results show a good numerical accuracy.     

无穷域势流问题的有限元／差分线法混合求解

提出了一种将有限元和差分线法相结合求解无穷域势流问题的算法。用两同心圆将求解域划分为存在重叠的有限和无限两个区域,在有限和无限域上分别用有限元和差分线法求解Laplace方程边值问题。用差分线法推导出的关系式修正有限元方程,求解该方程组从而得到原问题的解。本算法将求解无穷域问题转化为代数特征值问题和有限域内线性方程组的...     

模拟相变问题的精细积分边界元法

将精细积分边界元法和界面追踪法相结合求解相变问题。因为边界元法只需要将待求解空间域的边界离散,方便连续追踪移动界面位置和重构网格,所以边界元法适合应用于移动边界问题的模拟。首先,利用精细积分边界元法在固相区域和液相区域分别求解相应的瞬态热传导控制方程,从而求得温度场和边界热流密度。然后,根据固-液相变界面上的能量平衡方程,利用热流密度求得相变界面的移动速度,再采用界面追踪法预测移动相变界面的位置变化。最后,给出了几个数值算例,并通过与参考解的对比验证本文方法的准确性。     

Time-dependent hydroelastic analysis of cavitating propulsors

A 3-D potential-based boundary element method (BEM) is coupled with a 3-D finite element method (FEM) for the time-dependent hydroelastic analysis of cavitating propulsors. The BEM is applied to evaluate the moving cavity boundaries and fluctuating pressures, as well as the added mass and hydrodynamic damping matrices. The FEM is applied to analyze the dynamic blade deformations and stresses due to pressure fluctuations and centrifugal forces. The added mass and hydrodynamic damping matrices are superimposed onto the structural mass and damping matrices, respectively, to account for the effect of fluid–structure interaction. The problem is solved in the time-domain using an implicit time integration scheme. An overview of the formulation for both the BEM and FEM is presented, as well as the BEM/FEM coupling algorithm. Numerical and experiment validation studies are shown. The effects of fluid–structure interaction on the propeller performance are discussed.     

无单元Galerkin法和边界元耦合法

无网格方法与有限元法或边界元法耦合是无网格方法处理边界条件的方法之一,在无网格方法中研究无网格方法与有限元法或边界元法耦合的研究显得非常重要.本文在无单元Galerkin法和边界元法的基础上,基于无单元Galerkin法子域和边界元法子域的界面上位移连续和面力平衡条件,提出了一种新的无单元Galerkin法和边界元法的直接耦合方法,对弹性力学问题详细推导了在整个求解域上的耦合公式.与以往的耦合法相比,这种方法简单直观,不需要增加新的耦合区域,也不需要建立新的逼近函数来保证界面位移的连续性.算例结果表明,该方法具有较好的计算精度.     

自由单元法及其在结构分析中的应用

通过吸收有限元与无网格法的优点,提出了一种新的数值方法------自由单元法.此方法在离散方面,采用有限元法中的等参单元,表征几何形状和进行物理量的插值;在算法方面,采用单元配点技术,逐点产生系统方程.主要特点是,在每个配置点只需要一个和周围自由选择的节点而形成的一个独立的等参单元,因而不需要考虑物理量在单元之间的相互连接关系与导数连续性问题. 本文介绍强形式与弱形式两种自由单元法,前者直接由控制方程和边界条件直接产生系统方程,后者通过在自由单元上建立控制方程的加权余量式产生弱形式积分式,并通过像传统有限元法中的积分过程建立系统方程组.本文提出的方法是一种单元配点法,对于域内点为了获得较高的导数精度,需要采用至少具有一个内部点的等参单元,为此除了可使用各阶次的拉格朗日四边形单元外, 还 给出了七节点三角形等参单元,用于模拟较为复杂的几何形状问题.      

DEM与FEM动态耦合算法研究

离散单元法作为一种有效的数值分析方法,能够模拟脆性材料的裂纹扩展及碎片飞散等破坏特性,但是无法从根本上克服计算效率低下的诟病;传统有限单元法具有计算高效稳定的优点,却难以描述脆性材料冲击破坏过程中连续体向非连续体的转化。本文首先提出一种基于罚函数法的改进型离散单元和有限单元耦合方法,以提高耦合分析精度。在此基础上提出了动态耦合算法:即在初始阶段,模型全部为有限单元,当局部即将发生破坏时,仅使即将发生破坏的有限单元及相邻单元自动转化为离散单元,在离散单元区域研究破坏问题。这种算法充分利用有限单元法计算高效的优点,同时最大限度克服了离散单元法计算效率的不足。最后,通过两个简单算例验证了改进型耦合算法和动态耦合算法的有效性。     

薄板振动特征值问题的一种改进积分方程解法

本文根据一种改进的边界元/有限元混合法求解薄板振动固有频率问题,既避开了标准的边界元法所导致的求解非代数特征值方程的困难,亦能够基本上消除通常的边界元/有限元混合法结果精度受区域内部单元划分影响较大的弊端。文中讨论了迭代算法的收敛问题,并用于薄板固有频率分析。数值结果表明,即便是在域内单元很粗疏划分的情况下,本文的方法仍能给出相当满意的结果。     

DYNAMIC INTERACTION OF PLANE WAVES WITH A UNILATERALLY FRICTIONALLY CONSTRAINED INCLUSION-TIME DOMAIN BOUNDARY ELEMENT ANALYSIS

A 2D time domain boundary element method (BEM) is developed to solve the transient scattering of plane waves by a unilaterally frictionally constrained inclusion. Coulomb friction is assumed along the contact interface. The incident wave is assumed strong enough so that localized slip and separation take place along the interface. The present problem is in effect a nonlinear boundary value problem since the mixed boundary conditions involve unknown intervals (slip, separation and stick regions). In order to determine the unknown intervals, an iterative technique is developed. As an example, we consider the scattering of a circular cylinder embeddedin an infinite solid.     

RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS OF SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS METHOD AND ITS COUPLING WITH FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

拉格朗日型的有限元法和光滑粒子法在模拟材料大变形问题时各存优缺点, 而有限元与光滑粒子耦合算法实现了在小变形区域采用有限元法计算, 在局部的大变形区域采用光滑粒子法计算, 有效地综合了有限元法计算效率高和光滑粒子法能够自然地模拟材料大变形问题的特点.重点论述了有限元法、光滑粒子法以及有限元与光滑粒子耦合算法的研究现状及应用进展, 并讨论了各方法中需要进一步解决的问题.最后通过算例对3种方法的计算精度和计算效率进行了分析, 供研究人员参考.