A face-based smoothed finite element method (FS-FEM) for visco-elastoplastic analyses of 3D solids using tetrahedral mesh

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 198, Issue 41-44, 2009, Pages 3479-3498

  Nguyen Thoi, T ^a,c   Liu, G R ^a,b   Vu Do, H C ^a,c   Nguyen Xuan, H ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Face based smoothed finite element method (FS FEM); Finite element method (FEM); Meshfree methods; Numerical methods; Strain smoothing technique; Visco elastoplastic analyses

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION TIME; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CONVERGENCE RATES; ELASTO-PLASTIC ANALYSIS; FACE-BASED SMOOTHED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FS-FEM); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM); FLOW RULES; ISOTROPIC HARDENINGS; LINEAR KINEMATICS; MATERIAL BEHAVIOR; MESHFREE METHODS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATION; SMOOTHED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SOLID MECHANICS; STANDARD FINITE ELEMENT; TETRAHEDRAL ELEMENTS; TETRAHEDRAL MESHES; VISCO-ELASTOPLASTIC ANALYSES; YIELD FUNCTION;

ELASTICITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY; HARDENING; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASTICITY; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 69749121647     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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