Coupling of non‐conforming meshes in a component mode synthesis method |
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Authors: | D Akçay Perdahc?o?lu M Doreille A de Boer T Ludwig |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Twente, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Chair of Applied Mechanics, , 7500AE Enschede, The Netherlands;2. SMR Engineering and Development, , CH‐2500 Bienne 4, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | A common mesh refinement‐based coupling technique is embedded into a component mode synthesis method, Craig–Bampton. More specifically, a common mesh is generated between the non‐conforming interfaces of the coupled structures, and the compatibility constraints are enforced on that mesh via L2‐minimization. This new integrated method is suitable for structural dynamic analysis problems where the substructures may have non‐conforming curvilinear and/or surface interface meshes. That is, coupled substructures may have different element types such as shell, solid, and/or beam elements. The proposed method is implemented into a commercial finite element software, B2000++, and its demonstration is carried out using an academic and industry oriented test problems. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Keywords: | non‐conforming meshes common mesh refinement structural dynamic analysis component mode synthesis Craig– Bampton method |
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