We give an alternative proof of a recent result in[1]by Caffarelli,Soria-Carro,and Stinga about the C^(1,α)regularity of weak solutions to transmission problems with C^(1,α)interfaces.Our proof does not use the mean...We give an alternative proof of a recent result in[1]by Caffarelli,Soria-Carro,and Stinga about the C^(1,α)regularity of weak solutions to transmission problems with C^(1,α)interfaces.Our proof does not use the mean value property or the maximum principle,and also works for more general elliptic systems with variable coefficients.This answers a question raised in[1].Some extensions to C^(1,Dini)interfaces and to domains with multiple sub-domains are also discussed.展开更多
A novel multiscale algorithm based on the higher-order continuum at both micro-and macrostructural level is proposed for the consideration of the quasi-brittle damage response of heterogeneous materials.Herein,the mic...A novel multiscale algorithm based on the higher-order continuum at both micro-and macrostructural level is proposed for the consideration of the quasi-brittle damage response of heterogeneous materials.Herein,the microlevel damage is modelled by the degradation of the homogenized stress and tangent stiffness tensors,which are then upscaled to govern the localization at the macrolevel.The C^1 continuity finite element employing a modified case of Mindlin’s form II strain energy density is derived for the softening analysis.To the authors’knowledge,the finite element discretization based on the strain gradient theory is applied for the modeling of damage evolution at the microstructural level for heterogeneous materials for the first time.The advantage of the novel C1 finite element formulation in comparison with the standard finite element discretization in terms of the regularization efficiency as well as the objectivity has been shown.An isotropic damage law is used for the reduction of the constitutive and nonlocal material behaviour,which is necessary for the physically correct description of the localization formation in quasi-brittle materials.The capabilities of the derived finite element to capture the fully developed localization zones are tested on a random representative volume element(RVE)for several different loading cases.By employing the conventional second-order computational homogenization,the microstructural material constitutive response is averaged over the whole RVE area.In order to model the loss of structural integrity when sharp localization is formed across RVE,the specific conditions which detect a completely formed localization zone are developed.A new failure criterion at the microstructural level has been proposed.The derived finite element formulation,as well as the multiscale damage algorithm,are implemented into the finite element program ABAQUS.The capabilities of the presented multiscale scheme to capture the effects of the deformation localization are demonstrated by few ben展开更多
This paper proposes a novel numerical solution approach for the kinematic shakedown analysis of strain-hardening thin plates using the C^(1)nodal natural element method(C^(1)nodal NEM).Based on Koiter’s theorem and t...This paper proposes a novel numerical solution approach for the kinematic shakedown analysis of strain-hardening thin plates using the C^(1)nodal natural element method(C^(1)nodal NEM).Based on Koiter’s theorem and the von Mises and two-surface yield criteria,a nonlinear mathematical programming formulation is constructed for the kinematic shakedown analysis of strain-hardening thin plates,and the C^(1)nodal NEM is adopted for discretization.Additionally,König’s theory is used to deal with time integration by treating the generalized plastic strain increment at each load vertex.A direct iterative method is developed to linearize and solve this formulation by modifying the relevant objective function and equality constraints at each iteration.Kinematic shakedown load factors are directly calculated in a monotonically converging manner.Numerical examples validate the accuracy and convergence of the developed method and illustrate the influences of limited and unlimited strain-hardening models on the kinematic shakedown load factors of thin square and circular plates.展开更多
Even for elliptic variational inequality systems with degenerate ellipticity in the form of (1) the boundedness and regularity are unsolved for general obstacle problems. In this paper the CI’cr regularity of solutio...Even for elliptic variational inequality systems with degenerate ellipticity in the form of (1) the boundedness and regularity are unsolved for general obstacle problems. In this paper the CI’cr regularity of solutions is proved only for a special case of obstacle problems of (1).展开更多
This paper proposes a numerical solution method for upper bound shakedown analysis of perfectly elasto-plastic thin plates by employing the C^(1) natural element method.Based on the Koiter’s theorem and von Mises yie...This paper proposes a numerical solution method for upper bound shakedown analysis of perfectly elasto-plastic thin plates by employing the C^(1) natural element method.Based on the Koiter’s theorem and von Mises yield criterion,the nonlinear mathematical programming formulation for upper bound shakedown analysis of thin plates is established.In this formulation,the trail function of residual displacement increment is approximated by using the C^(1) shape functions,the plastic incompressibility condition is satisfied by introducing a constant matrix in the objective function,and the time integration is resolved by using the Konig’s technique.Meanwhile,the objective function is linearized by distinguishing the non-plastic integral points from the plastic integral points and revising the objective function and associated equality constraints at each iteration.Finally,the upper bound shakedown load multipliers of thin plates are obtained by direct iterative and monotone convergence processes.Several benchmark examples verify the good precision and fast convergence of this proposed method.展开更多
Tomodel amultibody systemcomposed of shell components,a geometrically exact Kirchho-Love triangular shell element is proposed.The middle surface of the shell element is described by using the DMS-splines,which can ex...Tomodel amultibody systemcomposed of shell components,a geometrically exact Kirchho-Love triangular shell element is proposed.The middle surface of the shell element is described by using the DMS-splines,which can exactly represent arbitrary topology piecewise polynomial triangular surfaces.The proposed shell element employs only nodal displacement and can automatically maintain C1 continuity properties at the element boundaries.A reproducing DMS-spline kernel skill is also introduced to improve computation stability and accuracy.The proposed triangular shell element based on reproducing kernel DMS-splines can achieve an almost optimal convergent rate.Finally,the proposed shell element is validated via three static problems of shells and the dynamic simulation of aexible multibody system undergoing both overall motions and large deformations.展开更多
Nanoplates have been widely used as elementary components for ultrasensitive and ultrafine resolution applications in the field of nano-electro-mechanical systems because of their potentially remarkable mechanical pro...Nanoplates have been widely used as elementary components for ultrasensitive and ultrafine resolution applications in the field of nano-electro-mechanical systems because of their potentially remarkable mechanical properties.The accurate analysis of their mechanical behavior is currently of particular interest in the function design and reliability analysis of nano-scaled devices.To examine the size-dependent bending and vibration behavior of nanoplates with curvilinear and irregular shapes,a new p-version curved C^(1)finite element is formulated in the framework of the nonlocal Kirchhoff plate model.This newly developed element not only enables an accurate geometry representation and easy mesh generation of curvilinear domains but also overcomes the difficulty of imposing C^(1)conformity required by the nonlocal Kirchhoff plate model,particularly on the curvilinear inter-element boundaries.Numerical examples show that this element can produce an exponential rate of convergence even when curved elements are used in the domain discretization.Vast numerical results are presented for nanoplates with various geometric shapes,including rectangular,circular,elliptic,annular,and sectorial.The high accuracy of the present element is verified by comparing the obtained results with analytical and numerical results in the literature.Additionally,a comprehensive parametric analysis is conducted to investigate the influences of nonlocal parameters,plate dimensions,and boundary conditions on the nonlocal behavior of nanoplates.The present element can be envisaged to allow large-scale mechanical simulations of nanoplates,with a guarantee of accuracy and efficiency.展开更多
In this paper,we study the smoothness of the Steiner symmetrization process and generalize the Steiner symmetrization of functions in Sobolev space to the Steiner symmetrization of convex body.We prove that for a C^(1...In this paper,we study the smoothness of the Steiner symmetrization process and generalize the Steiner symmetrization of functions in Sobolev space to the Steiner symmetrization of convex body.We prove that for a C^(1)convex body,its Steiner symmetral is still a C^(1)convex body.展开更多
基金supported by the Simons Foundation,grant No.709545。
文摘We give an alternative proof of a recent result in[1]by Caffarelli,Soria-Carro,and Stinga about the C^(1,α)regularity of weak solutions to transmission problems with C^(1,α)interfaces.Our proof does not use the mean value property or the maximum principle,and also works for more general elliptic systems with variable coefficients.This answers a question raised in[1].Some extensions to C^(1,Dini)interfaces and to domains with multiple sub-domains are also discussed.
基金This work has been fully supported by Croatian Science Foundation under the project“Multiscale Numerical Modelling of Material Deformation Responses from Macro-to Nanolevel”(2516).
文摘A novel multiscale algorithm based on the higher-order continuum at both micro-and macrostructural level is proposed for the consideration of the quasi-brittle damage response of heterogeneous materials.Herein,the microlevel damage is modelled by the degradation of the homogenized stress and tangent stiffness tensors,which are then upscaled to govern the localization at the macrolevel.The C^1 continuity finite element employing a modified case of Mindlin’s form II strain energy density is derived for the softening analysis.To the authors’knowledge,the finite element discretization based on the strain gradient theory is applied for the modeling of damage evolution at the microstructural level for heterogeneous materials for the first time.The advantage of the novel C1 finite element formulation in comparison with the standard finite element discretization in terms of the regularization efficiency as well as the objectivity has been shown.An isotropic damage law is used for the reduction of the constitutive and nonlocal material behaviour,which is necessary for the physically correct description of the localization formation in quasi-brittle materials.The capabilities of the derived finite element to capture the fully developed localization zones are tested on a random representative volume element(RVE)for several different loading cases.By employing the conventional second-order computational homogenization,the microstructural material constitutive response is averaged over the whole RVE area.In order to model the loss of structural integrity when sharp localization is formed across RVE,the specific conditions which detect a completely formed localization zone are developed.A new failure criterion at the microstructural level has been proposed.The derived finite element formulation,as well as the multiscale damage algorithm,are implemented into the finite element program ABAQUS.The capabilities of the presented multiscale scheme to capture the effects of the deformation localization are demonstrated by few ben
基金supported by the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2013M540934).
文摘This paper proposes a novel numerical solution approach for the kinematic shakedown analysis of strain-hardening thin plates using the C^(1)nodal natural element method(C^(1)nodal NEM).Based on Koiter’s theorem and the von Mises and two-surface yield criteria,a nonlinear mathematical programming formulation is constructed for the kinematic shakedown analysis of strain-hardening thin plates,and the C^(1)nodal NEM is adopted for discretization.Additionally,König’s theory is used to deal with time integration by treating the generalized plastic strain increment at each load vertex.A direct iterative method is developed to linearize and solve this formulation by modifying the relevant objective function and equality constraints at each iteration.Kinematic shakedown load factors are directly calculated in a monotonically converging manner.Numerical examples validate the accuracy and convergence of the developed method and illustrate the influences of limited and unlimited strain-hardening models on the kinematic shakedown load factors of thin square and circular plates.
文摘Even for elliptic variational inequality systems with degenerate ellipticity in the form of (1) the boundedness and regularity are unsolved for general obstacle problems. In this paper the CI’cr regularity of solutions is proved only for a special case of obstacle problems of (1).
基金supported by the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2013M540934)supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFC0801905,2017YFF0210704).
文摘This paper proposes a numerical solution method for upper bound shakedown analysis of perfectly elasto-plastic thin plates by employing the C^(1) natural element method.Based on the Koiter’s theorem and von Mises yield criterion,the nonlinear mathematical programming formulation for upper bound shakedown analysis of thin plates is established.In this formulation,the trail function of residual displacement increment is approximated by using the C^(1) shape functions,the plastic incompressibility condition is satisfied by introducing a constant matrix in the objective function,and the time integration is resolved by using the Konig’s technique.Meanwhile,the objective function is linearized by distinguishing the non-plastic integral points from the plastic integral points and revising the objective function and associated equality constraints at each iteration.Finally,the upper bound shakedown load multipliers of thin plates are obtained by direct iterative and monotone convergence processes.Several benchmark examples verify the good precision and fast convergence of this proposed method.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundations of China under Grants 11290151,11672034 and 11902363。
文摘Tomodel amultibody systemcomposed of shell components,a geometrically exact Kirchho-Love triangular shell element is proposed.The middle surface of the shell element is described by using the DMS-splines,which can exactly represent arbitrary topology piecewise polynomial triangular surfaces.The proposed shell element employs only nodal displacement and can automatically maintain C1 continuity properties at the element boundaries.A reproducing DMS-spline kernel skill is also introduced to improve computation stability and accuracy.The proposed triangular shell element based on reproducing kernel DMS-splines can achieve an almost optimal convergent rate.Finally,the proposed shell element is validated via three static problems of shells and the dynamic simulation of aexible multibody system undergoing both overall motions and large deformations.
基金the National Major Science and Technology Projects of China(Grant No.J2019-VI-0001-0114)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11972004,11772031,11402015)。
文摘Nanoplates have been widely used as elementary components for ultrasensitive and ultrafine resolution applications in the field of nano-electro-mechanical systems because of their potentially remarkable mechanical properties.The accurate analysis of their mechanical behavior is currently of particular interest in the function design and reliability analysis of nano-scaled devices.To examine the size-dependent bending and vibration behavior of nanoplates with curvilinear and irregular shapes,a new p-version curved C^(1)finite element is formulated in the framework of the nonlocal Kirchhoff plate model.This newly developed element not only enables an accurate geometry representation and easy mesh generation of curvilinear domains but also overcomes the difficulty of imposing C^(1)conformity required by the nonlocal Kirchhoff plate model,particularly on the curvilinear inter-element boundaries.Numerical examples show that this element can produce an exponential rate of convergence even when curved elements are used in the domain discretization.Vast numerical results are presented for nanoplates with various geometric shapes,including rectangular,circular,elliptic,annular,and sectorial.The high accuracy of the present element is verified by comparing the obtained results with analytical and numerical results in the literature.Additionally,a comprehensive parametric analysis is conducted to investigate the influences of nonlocal parameters,plate dimensions,and boundary conditions on the nonlocal behavior of nanoplates.The present element can be envisaged to allow large-scale mechanical simulations of nanoplates,with a guarantee of accuracy and efficiency.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11971080)Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission(KJQN202000838)+1 种基金the Basic and Advanced Research Project of Chongqing(cstc2018jcyjAX0790,cstc2020jcyj-msxmX0328)the Innovative Project of Chongqing Technology and Business University(yjscxx2021-112-56)
文摘In this paper,we study the smoothness of the Steiner symmetrization process and generalize the Steiner symmetrization of functions in Sobolev space to the Steiner symmetrization of convex body.We prove that for a C^(1)convex body,its Steiner symmetral is still a C^(1)convex body.
