• Media type: Doctoral Thesis; E-Book; Electronic Thesis
  • Title: Grid-based procedures for the mechanical analysis of heterogeneous solids
  • Contributor: Häfner, Stefan [Author]
  • imprint: Publication Server of Weimar Bauhaus-University / Online-Publikations-System der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, 2007-08-30
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: Finite-Elemente-Methode ; effective properties ; Lösungsverfahren ; finite element ; multigrid ; Schädigung ; Modellierung ; B-Spline ; mehrphasig ; Festkörpermechanik ; B-Spline Finite Elemente ; Homogenisieren ; bk:50 ; Homogenisierung ; Numerische Mathematik ; Mehrgitterverfahren ; multiphase
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  • Description: The importance of modern simulation methods in the mechanical analysis of heterogeneous solids is presented in detail. Thereby the problem is noted that even for small bodies the required high-resolution analysis reaches the limits of today's computational power, in terms of memory demand as well as acceptable computational effort. A further problem is that frequently the accuracy of geometrical modelling of heterogeneous bodies is inadequate. The present work introduces a systematic combination and adaption of grid-based methods for achieving an essentially higher resolution in the numerical analysis of heterogeneous solids. Grid-based methods are as well primely suited for developing efficient and numerically stable algorithms for flexible geometrical modeling. A key aspect is the uniform data management for a grid, which can be utilized to reduce the effort and complexity of almost all concerned methods. A new finite element program, called Mulgrido, was just developed to realize this concept consistently and to test the proposed methods. Several disadvantages which generally result from grid discretizations are selectively corrected by modified methods. The present work is structured into a geometrical model, a mechanical model and a numerical model. The geometrical model includes digital image-based modeling and in particular several methods for the theory-based generation of inclusion-matrix models. Essential contributions refer to variable shape, size distribution, separation checks and placement procedures of inclusions. The mechanical model prepares the fundamentals of continuum mechanics, homogenization and damage modeling for the following numerical methods. The first topic of the numerical model introduces to a special version of B-spline finite elements. These finite elements are entirely variable in the order k of B-splines. For homogeneous bodies this means that the approximation quality can arbitrarily be scaled. In addition, the multiphase finite element concept in combination with transition ...
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