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Enhanced nodal gradient finite elements with new numerical integration schemes for 2D and 3D geometrically nonlinear analysis

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APPLIED MATHEMATICAL MODELLING
卷 93, 期 -, 页码 326-359

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2020.11.040

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Geometrically nonlinear analysis; FEM; Consecutive-interpolation procedure; Numerical integration; Large deformation; Numerical method

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The study introduces the CIP-enhanced four-node quadrilateral element and eight-node hexahedral element for investigating geometrically nonlinear problems. By incorporating novel numerical integration schemes, the efficiency of the method is enhanced, showing higher computational efficiency and equivalent accuracy compared to traditional Gaussian quadrature.
The consecutive-interpolation procedure (CIP) has been recently proposed as an enhanced technique for traditional finite element method (FEM) with various desirable properties such as continuous nodal gradients and higher accuracy without increasing the total num -ber of degrees of freedom (DOFs). It is common knowledge that linear finite elements, e.g., four-node quadrilateral (Q4) or eight-node hexahedral (HH8) elements, are not highly suitable for geometrically nonlinear analysis. The elements with quadratic interpolation functions have to be used instead. In this paper, the CIP-enhanced four-node quadrilat-eral element (CQ4), and the CIP-enhanced eight-node hexahedral element (CHH8), are for the first time extended to investigate geometrically nonlinear problems of two-(2D) and three-dimensional (3D) structures. To further enhance the efficiency of the present ap-proaches, novel numerical integration schemes based on the concept of mid-point rules, namely element mid-points (EM) and element mid-edges (EE) are integrated into the present CQ4 element. For CHH8, the 3D-version of EM (namely 3D-EM) and the element mid-faces (EF) scheme are investigated. The accuracy and computational efficiency of the two novel quadrature schemes in both regular and irregular (distorted) meshes are analyzed. Numer-ical results indicate that the new integration approaches perform more efficiently than the well-known Gaussian quadrature while gaining equivalent accuracy. The performance of the CIP-enhanced elements, which is examined through numerical experiments, is found to be equivalent to that of quadratic Lagrangian finite element counterparts, while having the same discretization with that by the linear finite elements. In addition, we also ap-ply the present CQ4 and CHH8 elements associated with different numerical integration techniques to nearly incompressible materials. (c) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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