Multiscale analysis of damage using dual and primal domain decomposition techniques

Oriol Lloberas-Valls, Frank P.X. Everdij, Daniel J. Rixen, Angelo Simone, Lambertus J. Sluys

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Abstract

In this contribution, dual and primal domain decomposition techniques are studied for the multiscale analysis of failure in quasi-brittle materials. The multi-scale strategy essentially consists in decomposing the structure into a number of non-overlapping domains and considering a refined spatial resolution where needed. In mul-tiscale analysis of damage, the spatial refinement is performed where damage nucleation and propagation take place. The domain decomposition approach turns to be a computationally cheaper alternative to the direct numerical solution in which a fine scale model is considered throughout the complete sample. Dual and primal domain decomposition techniques are appropriate for such concurrent multiscale analyses and provide identical results. Parallel scalability of the multiscale analysis is studied using a moderate number of processors and a parallel direct solver for the system obtained through the assembly of all domains.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014
EditorsEugenio Onate, Xavier Oliver, Antonio Huerta
PublisherInternational Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Pages3524-3534
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9788494284472
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2014
EventJoint 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, the 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and the 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 20 Jul 201425 Jul 2014

Publication series

Name11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014

Conference

ConferenceJoint 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM 2014, the 5th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM 2014 and the 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ECFD 2014
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period20/07/1425/07/14

Keywords

  • Dual and primal domain decomposition methods
  • Multiscale analysis
  • Strain localization
  • Strain softening

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