Weakening the tight coupling between geometry and simulation in isogeometric analysis: from sub- and super- geometric analysis to Geometry Independent Field approximaTion (GIFT)
[en] This paper presents an approach to generalize the concept of isogeometric analysis (IGA) by allowing different spaces for parameterization of the computational domain and for approximation of the solution field. The method inherits the main advantage of isogeometric analysis, i.e. preserves the original, exact CAD geometry (for example, given by NURBS), but allows pairing it with an approximation space which is more suitable/flexible for analysis, for example, T-splines, LR-splines, (truncated) hierarchical B-splines, and PHT-splines. This generalization offers the advantage of adaptive local refinement without the need to re-parameterize the domain, and therefore without weakening the link with the CAD model. We demonstrate the use of the method with different choices of the geometry and field splines, and show that, despite the failure of the standard patch test, the optimum convergence rate is achieved for non-nested spaces.
Disciplines :
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Atroshchenko, Elena
Tomar, Satyendra ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Engineering Research Unit
Xu, Gang
Bordas, Stéphane ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Engineering Research Unit
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Weakening the tight coupling between geometry and simulation in isogeometric analysis: from sub- and super- geometric analysis to Geometry Independent Field approximaTion (GIFT)
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
ISSN :
1097-0207
Publisher :
Wiley, Chichester, United Kingdom
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Focus Area :
Computational Sciences
European Projects :
FP7 - 279578 - REALTCUT - Towards real time multiscale simulation of cutting in non-linear materials with applications to surgical simulation and computer guided surgery
FnR Project :
FNR11019432 - Multiscale Modelling Of Lightweight Metallic Materials Accounting For Variability Of Geometrical And Material Properties, 2015 (01/10/2016-30/09/2021) - Stéphane Bordas