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Non-smooth contact dynamics provides an increasingly popular simulation framework for granular material. In contrast to classical discrete element methods, this approach is stable for arbitrary time steps and produces visually acceptable results in very short computing time. Yet when it comes to the prediction of draft forces, non-smooth contact dynamics is typically not accurate enough. We therefore propose to combine the method class with an interior point algorithm for higher accuracy. Our specific algorithm is based on so-called Jordan algebras and exploits the relation to symmetric cones in order to tackle the conical constraints that are intrinsic to frictional contact problems. In every interior point iteration a linear system has to be solved. We analyze how the interior point method behaves when it is combined with Krylov subspace solvers and incomplete factorizations. We show that efficient preconditioners and efficient linear solvers are essential for the method to be applicable to large-scale problems. Using BiCGstab as a linear solver and incomplete Cholesky factorizations, we substantially improve the accuracy in comparison to the projected Gauss-Jacobi solver.
In this paper we analyze the vibrations of nonlinear structures by means of the novel approach of isogeometric finite elements. The fundamental idea of isogeometric finite elements is to apply the same functions, namely B-Splines and NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines), for describing the geometry and for representing the numerical solution. In case of linear vibrational analysis, this approach has already been shown to possess substantial advantages over classical finite elements, and we extend it here to a nonlinear framework based on the harmonic balance principle.
As application, the straight nonlinear Euler-Bernoulli beam is used, and overall, it is demonstrated that isogeometric finite elements with B-Splines in combination with the harmonic balance method are a powerful means for the analysis of nonlinear structural vibrations. In particular, the smoother k-method provides higher accuracy than the p-method for isogeometric nonlinear vibration analysis.
An extension of the finite element method–flux corrected transport stabilization (FEM-FCT) for hyperbolic problems in the context of partial differential-
algebraic equations (PDAEs) is proposed. Given a local extremum diminishing
property of the spatial discretization, the positivity preservation of the one-step
θ−scheme when applied to the time integration of the resulting differential-
algebraic equation (DAE) is shown, under a mild restriction on the time step-
size. As crucial tool in the analysis, the Drazin inverse and the corresponding
Drazin ODE are explicitly derived. Numerical results are presented for non-
constant and time-dependent boundary conditions in one space dimension and
for a two-dimensional advection problem where the advection proceeds skew to
the mesh.