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Generalizing the isogeometric concept:

weakening the tight coupling between geometry and simulation in IGA

Satyendra Tomar University of Luxembourg

Joint work with

E. Atroshchenko, S. Bordas and G. Xu Financial support from:

FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN (289361) F1R-ING-PEU-14RLTC

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Focus on presenting latest results, raising some open questions, and identifying some new challenges

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Outline

1 Motivation

Different degrees for geometry and solution Different basis for geometry and solution

2 Patch tests

Various partitioning of the domain

Various combinations of degrees and knots/weights

3 Some numerical results Patch test results Convergence results

4 Conclusions

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Outline

1 Motivation

Different degrees for geometry and solution Different basis for geometry and solution

2 Patch tests

Various partitioning of the domain

Various combinations of degrees and knots/weights

3 Some numerical results Patch test results Convergence results

4 Conclusions

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Outline

1 Motivation

Different degrees for geometry and solution Different basis for geometry and solution

2 Patch tests

Various partitioning of the domain

Various combinations of degrees and knots/weights

3 Some numerical results Patch test results Convergence results

4 Conclusions

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Outline

1 Motivation

Different degrees for geometry and solution Different basis for geometry and solution

2 Patch tests

Various partitioning of the domain

Various combinations of degrees and knots/weights

3 Some numerical results Patch test results Convergence results

4 Conclusions

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Outline

1 Motivation

Different degrees for geometry and solution Different basis for geometry and solution

2 Patch tests

Various partitioning of the domain

Various combinations of degrees and knots/weights

3 Some numerical results Patch test results Convergence results

4 Conclusions

Motivation 4

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Frequently encountered geometries in numerics

Motivation Different degrees for geometry and solution 5

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Frequently encountered geometries in numerics

Straight-sided polygonal domains (including L-shaped)

Motivation Different degrees for geometry and solution 5

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Frequently encountered geometries in numerics

Straight-sided polygonal domains (including L-shaped) Curved boundaries, typically, circular and elliptical shapes

Motivation Different degrees for geometry and solution 5

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Frequently encountered geometries in numerics

Straight-sided polygonal domains (including L-shaped) Curved boundaries, typically, circular and elliptical shapes Polynomial degree required to represent such a geometry?

Motivation Different degrees for geometry and solution 5

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Frequently encountered geometries in numerics

Straight-sided polygonal domains (including L-shaped) Curved boundaries, typically, circular and elliptical shapes Polynomial degree required to represent such a geometry?

Typically, pg“1,2,3!!

Motivation Different degrees for geometry and solution 5

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Frequently encountered geometries in numerics

Straight-sided polygonal domains (including L-shaped) Curved boundaries, typically, circular and elliptical shapes Polynomial degree required to represent such a geometry?

Typically, pg“1,2, . . .5. . .20!!

Motivation Different degrees for geometry and solution 5

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HOFEIM

Motivation Different degrees for geometry and solution 6

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HOFEIM

Polynomial degree for the numerical solution?

Motivation Different degrees for geometry and solution 6

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HOFEIM

Polynomial degree for the numerical solution?

If the analytical solution is expected to be sufficiently regular, thep- or hp-method can be employed (withpu ąpg) to obtain higher accuracy

Motivation Different degrees for geometry and solution 6

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Different basis for geometry and numerical solution?

Motivation Different basis for geometry and solution 7

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Different basis for geometry and numerical solution?

Various splines basis in practice B-Splines, NURBS, T-Splines,

LR-Splines, (truncated)Hierarchical B-Splines,

PHT-Splines, Generalized B-Splines,add your choice

Motivation Different basis for geometry and solution 7

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Different basis for geometry and numerical solution?

Various splines basis in practice B-Splines, NURBS, T-Splines,

LR-Splines, (truncated)Hierarchical B-Splines,

PHT-Splines, Generalized B-Splines,add your choice Combining various basis

Motivation Different basis for geometry and solution 7

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Different basis for geometry and numerical solution?

Various splines basis in practice B-Splines, NURBS, T-Splines,

LR-Splines, (truncated)Hierarchical B-Splines,

PHT-Splines, Generalized B-Splines,add your choice Combining various basis

Geo NURBS, T-Splines

Motivation Different basis for geometry and solution 7

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Different basis for geometry and numerical solution?

Various splines basis in practice B-Splines, NURBS, T-Splines,

LR-Splines, (truncated)Hierarchical B-Splines,

PHT-Splines, Generalized B-Splines,add your choice Combining various basis

Geo NURBS, T-Splines

Solution B-Splines, LR-Splines, (truncated)Hierarchical B-Splines, PHT-Splines, Generalized B-Splines,add your choice

Motivation Different basis for geometry and solution 7

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Different basis for geometry and numerical solution?

Various splines basis in practice B-Splines, NURBS, T-Splines,

LR-Splines, (truncated)Hierarchical B-Splines,

PHT-Splines, Generalized B-Splines,add your choice Combining various basis

Geo NURBS, T-Splines

Solution B-Splines, LR-Splines, (truncated)Hierarchical B-Splines, PHT-Splines, Generalized B-Splines,add your choice

R. Sevilla, S. Fernandez Mendez, and A. Huerta. NURBS-enhanced finite element method (NEFEM).Int. J. Numer. Meth.

Engrg.,76, 56-83, 2008.

B. Marussig, J. Zechner, G. Beer, T.P. Fries. Fast isogeometric boundary element method based on independent field approximation.Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg.,284, 458-488, 2015. (ECCOMAS 2014, arxiv/1406.3499) Talk of S. Elgeti on Monday, 2016.05.30 (Spline-based FEM for fluid flow on deforming domains)

Motivation Different basis for geometry and solution 7

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Recall

The main idea of isogeometric analysis (IGA)

J.A. Cottrell, A. Reali, Y. Bazilevs, T.J.R. Hughes. Isogeometric analysis of structural vibrations.Comput. Methods Appl.

Mech. Engrg.,195, 5257-5296, 2006

Motivation Different basis for geometry and solution 8

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Motivation summarized

Standard paradigm of IGA

Motivation Different basis for geometry and solution 9

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Motivation summarized

Standard paradigm of IGA

Geometry and simulation spaces are tightly integrated, i.e. same space for geometry and numerical solution

Motivation Different basis for geometry and solution 9

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Motivation summarized

Standard paradigm of IGA

Geometry and simulation spaces are tightly integrated, i.e. same space for geometry and numerical solution

Situations where this tight integration can berelaxedforimproved solution quality

Motivation Different basis for geometry and solution 9

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Motivation summarized

Standard paradigm of IGA

Geometry and simulation spaces are tightly integrated, i.e. same space for geometry and numerical solution

Situations where this tight integration can berelaxedforimproved solution quality

§ Geometry of the domain is simple enough to be represented by low order NURBS, but the solution is sufficiently regular. Higher order approximation delivers superior results.

Motivation Different basis for geometry and solution 9

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Motivation summarized

Standard paradigm of IGA

Geometry and simulation spaces are tightly integrated, i.e. same space for geometry and numerical solution

Situations where this tight integration can berelaxedforimproved solution quality

§ Geometry of the domain is simple enough to be represented by low order NURBS, but the solution is sufficiently regular. Higher order approximation delivers superior results.

§ Solution has low regularity (e.g. corner singularity) but the curved boundary can be represented by higher order NURBS.

Motivation Different basis for geometry and solution 9

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Motivation summarized

Standard paradigm of IGA

Geometry and simulation spaces are tightly integrated, i.e. same space for geometry and numerical solution

Situations where this tight integration can berelaxedforimproved solution quality

§ Geometry of the domain is simple enough to be represented by low order NURBS, but the solution is sufficiently regular. Higher order approximation delivers superior results.

§ Solution has low regularity (e.g. corner singularity) but the curved boundary can be represented by higher order NURBS.

§ In shape/topology optimization, the constraint of using the same space is particularly undesirable.

Motivation Different basis for geometry and solution 9

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Motivation summarized

Standard paradigm of IGA

Geometry and simulation spaces are tightly integrated, i.e. same space for geometry and numerical solution

Situations where this tight integration can berelaxedforimproved solution quality

§ Geometry of the domain is simple enough to be represented by low order NURBS, but the solution is sufficiently regular. Higher order approximation delivers superior results.

§ Solution has low regularity (e.g. corner singularity) but the curved boundary can be represented by higher order NURBS.

§ In shape/topology optimization, the constraint of using the same space is particularly undesirable.

§ Standard tools for the geometry/boundary but different

(spline-)basis for solution (to exploit features like local refinement).

Motivation Different basis for geometry and solution 9

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Outline

1 Motivation

Different degrees for geometry and solution Different basis for geometry and solution

2 Patch tests

Various partitioning of the domain

Various combinations of degrees and knots/weights

3 Some numerical results Patch test results Convergence results

4 Conclusions

Patch tests 10

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Some historical background of the patch test

I. Babuska and R. Narasimhan. The Babuska-Brezzi condition and the patch test: an example.Comput. Methods Appl.

Mech. Engrg.,140, 183-199, 1997.

G.P. Bazeley, Y.K. Cheung, B.M. Irons, and O.C. Zienkiewicz. Triangular elements in plate bending - conforming and nonconforming solutions, inProceedings of the Conference on Matrix Methods in Structural Mechanics, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, 547-576, 1965.

F. Stummel. The generalized patch test.SIAM J. Numer. Anal.,16(3), 449-471, 1979.

M. Wang. On the necessity and sufficiency of the patch test for convergence of nonconforming finite elements.SIAM J.

Numer. Anal.,39(2), 363-384, 2001.

O.C. Zienkiewicz, and R.L. Taylor. The finite element patch test revisited: A computer test for convergence, validation and error estimates.Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg.,149, 223-254, 1997.

T.J.R. Hughes.The Finite Element Method: Linear Static and Dynamic Finite Element Analysis. Prentice-Hall Inc., 1987.

Patch tests Various partitioning of the domain 11

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Some historical background of the patch test

I. Babuska and R. Narasimhan. The Babuska-Brezzi condition and the patch test: an example.Comput. Methods Appl.

Mech. Engrg.,140, 183-199, 1997.

G.P. Bazeley, Y.K. Cheung, B.M. Irons, and O.C. Zienkiewicz. Triangular elements in plate bending - conforming and nonconforming solutions, inProceedings of the Conference on Matrix Methods in Structural Mechanics, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, 547-576, 1965.

F. Stummel. The generalized patch test.SIAM J. Numer. Anal.,16(3), 449-471, 1979.

M. Wang. On the necessity and sufficiency of the patch test for convergence of nonconforming finite elements.SIAM J.

Numer. Anal.,39(2), 363-384, 2001.

O.C. Zienkiewicz, and R.L. Taylor. The finite element patch test revisited: A computer test for convergence, validation and error estimates.Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg.,149, 223-254, 1997.

T.J.R. Hughes.The Finite Element Method: Linear Static and Dynamic Finite Element Analysis. Prentice-Hall Inc., 1987.

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Original geometry parametrization of the domain

The geometry is exactly represented by NURBS of degrees1x2 Basic parametrization by one element, defined by 2 knot vectors

Σ“ t0,0,1,1u, Π“ t0,0,0,1,1,1u.

Together with NURBS basis, this is given by the following set of6 control points, where the third value denotes the weight.

Pr0,0s:“ t1,0,1u, Pr1,0s:“ t2,0,1u, Pr0,1s:“ t1,1,1{?

2u, Pr1,1s:“ t2,2,1{? 2u, Pr0,2s:“ t0,1,1u, Pr1,2s:“ t0,2,1u.

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Parametrization of the domain for the patch-test I

θπ{2

A C

E

G

H

D r1 I

r2 F

B θ0

Quarter annulus region

For patch-test in 2D, one-timeh-refinement in both directions Consider the refined knot vectors

Σ“ t0,0,s,1,1u, Π“ t0,0,0,t,1,1,1u.

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Parametrization of the domain for the patch-test II

Shape A Uniform curvilinear elementsst “1{2

Shape B For non-uniform curvilinear elements, shift the pointsB, D,F,H andI. Set

t1:“1´t`t{?

2, t2:“t`? 2t1,

Updated set of control points in non-homogenized form t1,0,1u, t1`s,0,1u, t2,0,1u

t1, t

?2t1,t1u, tp1`sq,p1`sqt

?2t1 ,t1u, t2,

?2t t1

,t1u t

?2p1´tq t2

,1,t2

2u,t

?2p1`sqp1´tq t2

,p1`sq,t2

2u,t2?

2p1´tq t2

,2,t2

2u t0,1,1u, t0,1`s,1u, t0,2,1u

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Parametrization of the domain for the patch-test III

Shape C Add another parameterδ, two interior points changed as tp1`sqt1

t1`δ , p1`sqt

?2pt1`δq,t1`δu,t

?2p1`sqp1´tq

t2`2δ ,p1`sqt2

t2`2δ ,t2

2 `δu

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0

Quarter annulus region with non-uniform elements, (s“2{3,t “1{8, δ “1{2)

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Various combinations of degrees and knots/weights

pupg, andΣu“Σg (isogeometric case) pupg, andΣu‰Σg

pu ăpg, andΣu“Σg

pu ăpg, andΣu‰Σg

pu ąpg, andΣu“Σg

pu ąpg, andΣu‰Σg

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Various combinations of degrees and knots/weights

pupg, andΣu“Σg (isogeometric case) pupg, andΣu‰Σg

pu ăpg, andΣu“Σg

pu ăpg, andΣu‰Σg

pu ąpg, andΣu“Σg

pu ąpg, andΣu‰Σg

Total number of cases

3 choices of element shapes, and 6 choices of degrees/knots, total of 18 cases !!

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Outline

1 Motivation

Different degrees for geometry and solution Different basis for geometry and solution

2 Patch tests

Various partitioning of the domain

Various combinations of degrees and knots/weights

3 Some numerical results Patch test results Convergence results

4 Conclusions

Some numerical results 17

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Results for various choices of p

u

, p

g

, Σ

u

, Σ

g L2error in the solutionu“1`x `y

pupg, i.e.pupg “1x2 pu ăpg, i.e.pu “1x2,pg “2x3 pu ąpg, i.e.pu “2x3,pg “1x2

Some numerical results Patch test results 18

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Results for various choices of p

u

, p

g

, Σ

u

, Σ

g L2error in the solutionu“1`x `y

pupg, i.e.pupg “1x2 pu ăpg, i.e.pu “1x2,pg “2x3 pu ąpg, i.e.pu “2x3,pg “1x2

pandΣ Shape A Shape B Shape C

pupgu“Σg 8.2469e-016 8.5695e-016 1.5017e-015

Some numerical results Patch test results 18

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Results for various choices of p

u

, p

g

, Σ

u

, Σ

g L2error in the solutionu“1`x `y

pupg, i.e.pupg “1x2 pu ăpg, i.e.pu “1x2,pg “2x3 pu ąpg, i.e.pu “2x3,pg “1x2

pandΣ Shape A Shape B Shape C

pupgu“Σg 8.2469e-016 8.5695e-016 1.5017e-015 pu ăpgu“Σg 8.5489e-016 8.8080e-016 1.5172e-015

Some numerical results Patch test results 18

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Results for various choices of p

u

, p

g

, Σ

u

, Σ

g L2error in the solutionu“1`x `y

pupg, i.e.pupg “1x2 pu ăpg, i.e.pu “1x2,pg “2x3 pu ąpg, i.e.pu “2x3,pg “1x2

pandΣ Shape A Shape B Shape C

pupgu “Σg 8.2469e-016 8.5695e-016 1.5017e-015 puăpgu “Σg 8.5489e-016 8.8080e-016 1.5172e-015 puąpgu “Σg 1.1979e-015 1.8185e-015 3.6019e-015

Some numerical results Patch test results 18

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Results for various choices of p

u

, p

g

, Σ

u

, Σ

g L2error in the solutionu“1`x `y

pupg, i.e.pupg “1x2 pu ăpg, i.e.pu “1x2,pg “2x3 pu ąpg, i.e.pu “2x3,pg “1x2

pandΣ Shape A Shape B Shape C

pupgu“Σg 8.2469e-016 8.5695e-016 1.5017e-015 puăpgu“Σg 8.5489e-016 8.8080e-016 1.5172e-015 puąpgu“Σg 1.1979e-015 1.8185e-015 3.6019e-015 puăpgu‰Σg 1.1401e-015 1.0907e-015 0.20155

Some numerical results Patch test results 18

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Results for various choices of p

u

, p

g

, Σ

u

, Σ

g L2error in the solutionu“1`x `y

pupg, i.e.pupg “1x2 pu ăpg, i.e.pu “1x2,pg “2x3 pu ąpg, i.e.pu “2x3,pg “1x2

pandΣ Shape A Shape B Shape C

pupgu“Σg 8.2469e-016 8.5695e-016 1.5017e-015 puăpgu“Σg 8.5489e-016 8.8080e-016 1.5172e-015 puąpgu“Σg 1.1979e-015 1.8185e-015 3.6019e-015 puăpgu‰Σg 1.1401e-015 1.0907e-015 0.20155 puąpgu‰Σg 1.5010e-015 1.4193e-015 0.03019

Some numerical results Patch test results 18

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Results for various choices of p

u

, p

g

, Σ

u

, Σ

g L2error in the solutionu“1`x `y

pupg, i.e.pupg “1x2 pu ăpg, i.e.pu “1x2,pg “2x3 pu ąpg, i.e.pu “2x3,pg “1x2

pandΣ Shape A Shape B Shape C

pupgu“Σg 8.2469e-016 8.5695e-016 1.5017e-015 puăpgu“Σg 8.5489e-016 8.8080e-016 1.5172e-015 puąpgu“Σg 1.1979e-015 1.8185e-015 3.6019e-015 puăpgu‰Σg 1.1401e-015 1.0907e-015 0.20155 puąpgu‰Σg 1.5010e-015 1.4193e-015 0.03019 pupgu‰Σg 7.4477e-016 1.0611e-015 0.20155

Some numerical results Patch test results 18

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Results for various choices of p

u

, p

g

, Σ

u

, Σ

g L2error in the solutionu“1`x `y

pupg, i.e.pupg “1x2 pu ăpg, i.e.pu “1x2,pg “2x3 pu ąpg, i.e.pu “2x3,pg “1x2

pandΣ Shape A Shape B Shape C

pupgu“Σg 8.2469e-016 8.5695e-016 1.5017e-015 puăpgu“Σg 8.5489e-016 8.8080e-016 1.5172e-015 puąpgu“Σg 1.1979e-015 1.8185e-015 3.6019e-015 puăpgu‰Σg 1.1401e-015 1.0907e-015 0.20155 puąpgu‰Σg 1.5010e-015 1.4193e-015 0.03019 pupgu‰Σg 7.4477e-016 1.0611e-015 0.20155

What is expected foru“1`x2`y2 ?

Some numerical results Patch test results 18

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Numerical setup

Analytic solution with Dirichlet BC u “logpa

ppx ´0.1q ˚ px´0.1q ` py ´0.1q ˚ py´0.1qqq

Example A Same knot vectors, same starting approximation for solution as geo (using NURBS)

Example B Same geo, but different knot vectors for geo and solution (still using NURBS), which also represents geo

Example C Same knot vectors for geo and field, geo using NURBS, and solution using B-Splines

Some numerical results Convergence results 19

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Convergence

10-1 10-4

10-3 10-2 10-1

↑ slope = 1.82

↑ slope = 3.51

log10(h) log 10(|| u - u h ||)

Convergence for Example A

pu = pg pu < p

g pu > p

g

Some numerical results Convergence results 20

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Convergence

10-1 10-5

10-4 10-3 10-2

↑ slope = 1.90

↑ slope = 3.29

log10(h) log 10(|| u - u h ||)

Convergence for Example B

pu = pg pu < p

g pu > p

g

Some numerical results Convergence results 20

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Convergence

10-1 10-4

10-3 10-2 10-1

↑ slope = 1.82

↑ slope = 3.51

log10(h) log 10(|| u - u h ||)

Convergence for Example C

pu = pg pu < p

g pu > p

g

Some numerical results Convergence results 20

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Outline

1 Motivation

Different degrees for geometry and solution Different basis for geometry and solution

2 Patch tests

Various partitioning of the domain

Various combinations of degrees and knots/weights

3 Some numerical results Patch test results Convergence results

4 Conclusions

Conclusions 21

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Approaches of IGA and GIA

The main idea of isogeometric analysis (IGA)

Conclusions 22

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Approaches of IGA and GIA

The main idea of Geometry-Independent Field approximaTion (GIFT)

G. Beer, B. Marussig, J. Zechner, C. D ¨unser, T.P. Fries. Boundary Element Analysis with trimmed NURBS and a generalized IGA approach.http://arxiv.org/abs/1406.3499, 2014.

B. Marussig, J. Zechner, G. Beer, T.P. Fries. Fast isogeometric boundary element method based on independent field approximation.Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg.,284, 458-488, 2015.

Conclusions 22

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Approaches of IGA and GIA

Conclusions 22

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Approaches of IGA and GIA

J.A. Cottrell, T.J.R. Hughes, Y. Bazilevs.Isogeometric Analysis: Toward Integration of CAD and FEA, Wiley, 2009.

Conclusions 22

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Approaches of IGA and GIA

The main idea of isogeometric analysis (IGA)

The main idea of geometry-induced analysis (GIA)

Conclusions 22

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Naming convention

O.C. Zienkiewicz, R.L. Taylor, and J.Z. Zhu.The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals. Elsevier, 2013.

Conclusions 23

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Naming convention

O.C. Zienkiewicz, R.L. Taylor, and J.Z. Zhu.The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals. Elsevier, 2013.

pupg puăpg puąpg

Iso-parametric Super-parametric Sub-parametric

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Naming convention

O.C. Zienkiewicz, R.L. Taylor, and J.Z. Zhu.The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals. Elsevier, 2013.

pupg puăpg puąpg

Iso-parametric Super-parametric Sub-parametric Iso-geometric Sub-geometric Super-geometric

Conclusions 23

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Concluding remarks

When knot data are same (same representation/basis)

Conclusions 24

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Concluding remarks

When knot data are same (same representation/basis)

§ various combinations of polynomial degrees pass the test for all kind of parametric elements

Conclusions 24

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Concluding remarks

When knot data are same (same representation/basis)

§ various combinations of polynomial degrees pass the test for all kind of parametric elements

When knot data are different (allowing different basis)

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Concluding remarks

When knot data are same (same representation/basis)

§ various combinations of polynomial degrees pass the test for all kind of parametric elements

When knot data are different (allowing different basis)

§ various combinations of polynomial degrees pass the teston rectangular elements in parametric domain

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Concluding remarks

When knot data are same (same representation/basis)

§ various combinations of polynomial degrees pass the test for all kind of parametric elements

When knot data are different (allowing different basis)

§ various combinations of polynomial degrees pass the teston rectangular elements in parametric domain

One message

Without any fancy/weird parametric elements,various

combinations of different basis and polynomial degrees pass the test, and can be used in practice

Conclusions 24

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