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Main Authors: Silva-Valenzuela, Rodrigo, Ortiz-Bernardin, Alejandro, Artioli, Edoardo
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.10808
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author Silva-Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Ortiz-Bernardin, Alejandro
Artioli, Edoardo
author_facet Silva-Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Ortiz-Bernardin, Alejandro
Artioli, Edoardo
contents A recently proposed node-based uniform strain virtual element method (NVEM) is here extended to small strain elastoplastic solids. In the proposed method, the strain is averaged at the nodes from the strain of surrounding linearly precise virtual elements using a generalization to virtual elements of the node-based uniform strain approach for finite elements. The averaged strain is then used to sample the weak form at the nodes of the mesh leading to a method in which all the field variables, including state and history-dependent variables, are related to the nodes and thus they are tracked only at these locations during the nonlinear computations. Through various elastoplastic benchmark problems, we demonstrate that the NVEM is locking-free while enabling linearly precise virtual elements to solve elastoplastic solids with accuracy.
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spellingShingle A node-based uniform strain virtual element method for elastoplastic solids
Silva-Valenzuela, Rodrigo
Ortiz-Bernardin, Alejandro
Artioli, Edoardo
Numerical Analysis
A recently proposed node-based uniform strain virtual element method (NVEM) is here extended to small strain elastoplastic solids. In the proposed method, the strain is averaged at the nodes from the strain of surrounding linearly precise virtual elements using a generalization to virtual elements of the node-based uniform strain approach for finite elements. The averaged strain is then used to sample the weak form at the nodes of the mesh leading to a method in which all the field variables, including state and history-dependent variables, are related to the nodes and thus they are tracked only at these locations during the nonlinear computations. Through various elastoplastic benchmark problems, we demonstrate that the NVEM is locking-free while enabling linearly precise virtual elements to solve elastoplastic solids with accuracy.
title A node-based uniform strain virtual element method for elastoplastic solids
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.10808