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In the present work, we consider multi-scale computation and convergence for nonlinear time-dependent thermo-mechanical equations of inhomogeneous shells possessing temperature-dependent material properties and orthogonal periodic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-23 Hao Dong , Xiaofei Guan , Yufeng Nie

The Kirchhoff-Love shell theory is recasted in the frame of the tangential differential calculus (TDC) where differential operators on surfaces are formulated based on global, three-dimensional coordinates. As a consequence, there is no…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-10-11 D. Schöllhammer , T. P. Fries

This work presents a new hybrid discretization approach to alleviate membrane locking in isogeometric finite element formulations for Kirchhoff-Love shells. The approach is simple, and requires no additional dofs and no static condensation.…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Roger A. Sauer , Zhihui Zou , Thomas J. R. Hughes

Nitsche's method is a well-established approach for weak enforcement of boundary conditions for partial differential equations (PDEs). It has many desirable properties, including the preservation of variational consistency and the fact that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-08 Joseph Benzaken , John A. Evans , Rasmus Tamstorf

We derive a new stabilized symmetric Nitsche method for enforcement of Dirichlet boundary conditions for elliptic problems of second order in cut isogeometric analysis (CutIGA). We consider $C^1$ splines and stabilize the standard Nitsche…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-15 Daniel Elfverson , Mats G. Larson , Karl Larsson

The focus of this work is on the development of an error-driven isogeometric framework, capable of automatically performing an adaptive simulation in the context of second- and fourth-order, elliptic partial differential equations defined…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-22 Luca Coradello , Pablo Antolin , Rafael Vázquez , Annalisa Buffa

We present a novel Hybrid High-Order (HHO) discretization of fourth-order elliptic problems arising from the mechanical modeling of the bending behavior of Kirchhoff-Love plates, including the biharmonic equation as a particular case. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-25 Francesco Bonaldi , Daniele A. Di Pietro , Giuseppe Geymonat , Françoise Krasucki

Although isogeometric analysis exploits smooth B-spline and NURBS basis functions for the definition of discrete function spaces as well as for the geometry representation, the global smoothness in so-called multipatch parametrizations is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-26 Jeremias Arf , Mathias Reichle , Sven Klinkel , Bernd Simeon

This work presents an efficient quadrature rule for shell analysis fully integrated in CAD by means of Isogeometric Analysis (IGA). General CAD-models may consist of trimmed parts such as holes, intersections, cut-offs etc. Therefore, IGA…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-08-09 Michael Loibl , Leonardo Leonetti , Alessandro Reali , Josef Kiendl

This paper presents a general, nonlinear isogeometric finite element formulation for rotation-free shells with embedded fibers that captures anisotropy in stretching, shearing, twisting and bending -- both in-plane and out-of-plane. These…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Thang Xuan Duong , Mikhail Itskov , Roger Andrew Sauer

In this paper, a novel $h$-adaptive isogeometric solver utilizing high-order hierarchical splines is proposed to solve the all-electron Kohn--Sham equation. In virtue of the smooth nature of Kohn--Sham wavefunctions across the domain,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-12-18 Tao Wang , Yang Kuang , Ran Zhang , Guanghui Hu

The geometrically rigorous nonlinear analysis of elastic shells is considered in the context of finite, but small, strain theory. The research is focused on the introduction of the full shell metric and examination of its influence on the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-19 G. Radenković , A. Borković , B. Marussig

The concept of trimming, embedding, or immersing geometries into a computational background mesh has gained considerable attention in recent years, particularly in isogeometric analysis (IGA). In this approach, the physical domain is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Christoph Hollweck , Andrea Gorgi , Nicolo Antonelli , Marcus Wagner , Roland Wüchner

We introduce the isogeometric shape optimisation of thin shell structures using subdivision surfaces. Both triangular Loop and quadrilateral Catmull-Clark subdivision schemes are considered for geometry modelling and finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-21 Kosala Bandara , Fehmi Cirak

We present an open-source Python framework for the shape optimization of complex shell structures using isogeometric analysis (IGA). IGA seamlessly integrates computer-aided design (CAD) and analysis models by employing non-uniform rational…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-06 Han Zhao , John T. Hwang , Jiun-Shyan Chen

The wide adoption of thermoplastic composites to reduce weight in structural parts requires reliable numerical methods to account for debonding between overmolded parts. Although cohesive elements are effective for debonding, the need for…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Sérgio G. F. Cordeiro , Boyang Chen , Frans P. van der Meer

This work presents a Finite Element Model Updating inverse methodology for reconstructing heterogeneous material distributions based on an efficient isogeometric shell formulation. It uses nonlinear hyperelastic material models suitable for…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-01-21 Bartosz Borzeszkowski , Izabela Lubowiecka , Roger A. Sauer

A simple skew-symmetric Nitsche's formulation is introduced into the framework of isogeometric analysis (IGA) to deal with various problems in small strain elasticity: essential boundary conditions, symmetry conditions for Kirchhoff plates,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-15 Qingyuan Hu , Franz Chouly , Ping Hu , Gengdong Cheng , Stéphane Pierre Alain Bordas

This contribution investigates the connection between isogeometric analysis and integral equation methods for full-wave electromagnetic problems up to the low-frequency limit. The proposed spline-based integral equation method allows for an…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Maximilian Nolte , Riccardo Torchio , Sebastian Schöps , Jürgen Dölz , Felix Wolf , Albert E. Ruehli

High-order implicit shock tracking (fitting) is a class of high-order, optimization-based numerical methods to approximate solutions of conservation laws with non-smooth features by aligning elements of the computational mesh with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-30 Charles J. Naudet , Matthew J. Zahr