Acceleration of material‐dominated calculations via phase‐space simplicial subdivision and interpolation

Abstract

We develop an acceleration method for material‐dominated calculations based on phase‐space simplicial interpolation of the relevant material‐response functions. This process of interpolation constitutes an approximation scheme by which an exact material‐response function is replaced by a sequence of approximating response functions. The terms in the sequence are increasingly accurate, thus ensuring the convergence of the overall solution. The acceleration ratio depends on the dimensionality, the complexity of the deformation, the time‐step size, and the fineness of the phase‐space interpolation. We ascertain these trade‐offs analytically and by recourse to selected numerical tests. The numerical examples with piecewise‐quadratic interpolation in phase space confirm the analytical estimates. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Mar 17, 2015
Source ID
10.1002/nme.4887

Entities

People

  • Benjamin Klusemann
  • M. Ortiz

Organizations

  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Hamburg University of Technology
  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.

Technology Areas

  • Space