An Anisotropic P-adaptive Method for Linear Elastostatic and Elastodynamic Analysis of Thin-walled and Massive Structures
An Anisotropic P-adaptive Method for Linear Elastostatic and Elastodynamic Analysis of Thin-walled and Massive Structures
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2007-03
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D. Scholz
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D. Scholz
An anisotropic p-adaptive method for linear elastostatic and linear elastodynamic problems is proposed, based on a high-order hexahedral element formulation allowing for an independent adjustment of the polynomial degrees for different local directions and different components of the cartesian displacement vectors. The p-adaptive method for static problems is driven by an anisotropic hierarchic error indicator based on the idea of locally projecting the solution from a given Ansatz space to a reduced, hierarchically nested space, minimizing the difference in strain energy. The p-adaptive method for dynamic problems is based on adjusting the polynomial degrees to achieve an optimal representation of the dominant eigenfrequencies, obtained from an initial transient computation with a coarse discretization. The p-adaptive eigensolver required for this purpose is driven by an analogously constructed, locally computed, anisotropic hierarchic error indicator, thus minimizing the Rayleigh quotient. For all numerical examples investigated herein, the p-adaptive discretizations show a considerably higher efficiency and higher rates of convergence compared to uniform p-refinement. This method can accordingly be understood as a remedy for one basic problem of uniform h- and p-versions, i.e. the possibly poor asymptotic behavior, especially in presence of any irregularities in the solution. As a result, it is possible to obtain an efficient, fully three-dimensional discretization of both thin-walled and compact parts of structures.