Hierarchal finite elements and their application to structural natural vibration problems

Dechao, Zhu

doi:10.2514/6.1982-706

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“…Recently, Weiss (2017) has proposed the hierarchical finite element method ( Hi ‐FEM) that aims to achieve optimized computational efficiency and model realism for complex fractured geologic environments. Note that the Hi ‐FEM is different than the hierarchical finite element method that uses various sets of higher order polynomials as element interpolation functions (e.g., Bardell, 1991; Zhu, 1982). The Hi ‐FEM implements hierarchical basis functions for the material properties of the model into the finite element analysis which enables the representation of material properties not only on volumes but also on the lower dimensional elements of the unstructured tetrahedral finite mesh such as facets and edges.…”

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Finite Element Modeling of Diffusion in Fractured Porous Media by Using Hierarchical Material Properties

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Weiss

Kuhlman

et al. 2022

Water Resources Research

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Fractured rocks are the host for many engineered structures related to energy, water, waste, and transportation. For this reason, the functioning of such infrastructure, as well as optimization of its engineering efficiency, critically depends on characterizing, modeling, and monitoring fractured rock sites (National Academies of Sciences, 2015). Yet, modeling fluid flow in fractured porous media is a longstanding challenge due to the extensive numerical discretization and intractable computational cost imposed by discrete fractures and the matrix they are embedded within, where length scales span millimeter-scale fractures to the km-scale regions of the surrounding rock, all while attempting to achieve high model realism and accuracy for the correct management and reliable prediction of hydraulic and thermal behaviors of fractured rock masses. Not surprisingly, there has been a surge of interest on this research problem and it still remains interesting to many researchers due to its importance in a wide scope of applications such as geologic radioactive waste disposal (e.g.,

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Finite Element Modeling of Diffusion in Fractured Porous Media by Using Hierarchical Material Properties

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“…Input data can be reduced to the minimum, which greatly simplifies pre‐post‐processing . The HFEM has an embedding property, which means the stiffness and mass coefficients can be retained as the order of interpolation is increased . This makes it possible to introduce error indicators for adaptive analysis . Simple structures can be modeled using just one element. Therefore, the assembly of elements is avoided .…”

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“…The construction and computation of hierarchical shape functions play an important role in the application of HFEM . In the beginning, hierarchical shape functions constructed from Taylor basis functions were used in HFEM . The corresponding HFEM matrices may become ill‐conditioned even for the 7th‐order hierarchical shape functions .…”

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“…In the beginning, hierarchical shape functions constructed from Taylor basis functions were used in HFEM . The corresponding HFEM matrices may become ill‐conditioned even for the 7th‐order hierarchical shape functions . Then Zhu derived hierarchical shape functions from Legendre polynomials, which can guarantee monotonous convergence of HFEM results to exact solutions.…”

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A differential quadrature hierarchical finite element method and its applications to vibration and bending of Mindlin plates with curvilinear domains

Liu

Zhao

et al. 2016

Numerical Meth Engineering

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A differential quadrature hierarchical finite element method (DQHFEM) is proposed by expressing the hierarchical finite element method matrices in similar form as in the differential quadrature finite element method and introducing interpolation basis on the boundary of hierarchical finite element method elements. The DQHFEM is similar as the fixed interface mode synthesis method but the DQHFEM does not need modal analysis. The DQHFEM with non-uniform rational B-splines elements were shown to accomplish similar destination as the isogeometric analysis. Three key points that determine the accuracy, efficiency and convergence of DQHFEM were addressed, namely, (1) the Gauss-Lobatto-Legendre points should be used as nodes, (2) the recursion formula should be used to compute high-order orthogonal polynomials, and (3) the separation variable feature of the basis should be used to save computational cost. Numerical comparison and convergence studies of the DQHFEM were carried out by comparing the DQHFEM results for vibration and bending of Mindlin plates with available exact or highly accurate approximate results in literatures. The DQHFEM can present highly accurate results using only a few sampling points. Meanwhile, the order of the DQHFEM can be as high as needed for high-frequency vibration analysis.A DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE HIERARCHICAL FINITE ELEMENT METHOD 175 (i) The mesh of the structure only has to be generated once for all. The convergence is reached by increasing the p-order [6, 7] without mesh refinement [8]. Input data can be reduced to the minimum, which greatly simplifies pre-post-processing [3]. (ii) The HFEM has an embedding property, which means the stiffness and mass coefficients can be retained as the order of interpolation is increased [3,6]. This makes it possible to introduce error indicators for adaptive analysis [6,9]. (iii) Simple structures can be modeled using just one element. Therefore, the assembly of elements is avoided [3]. Complex structures can be analyzed by a few big elements. (iv) Elements of different polynomial degree can be easily joined. So it is possible to include additional degrees of freedom where needed [3]. (v) The HFEM can give accurate results with far fewer degrees of freedom than the h-version because of the use of high-order polynomial basis functions [3,[10][11][12][13]. This feature is important for nonlinear analysis using finite element method [11][12][13].The HFEM is obviously superior to the ordinary h-version FEM. The HFEM has made significant progress [10,14,15] since it was proposed about 40 years ago. Some commercial software like MSC NASTRAN already has HFEM elements [16]. However, the applications of HFEM are still far less prevalent than the h-version FEM because of both historical reasons and the problems existing in HFEM. The HFEM uses high or very high-order orthogonal polynomials as basis functions of auxiliary degrees of freedom. So the HFEM provides many opportunities as shown earlier; however, it also brings many challenges. The problems that nee...

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Hierarchal finite elements and their application to structural natural vibration problems

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Finite Element Modeling of Diffusion in Fractured Porous Media by Using Hierarchical Material Properties

Finite Element Modeling of Diffusion in Fractured Porous Media by Using Hierarchical Material Properties

A differential quadrature hierarchical finite element method and its applications to vibration and bending of Mindlin plates with curvilinear domains

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