Tübingen, Univ., Diss., 2007.

Stuttgart, Univ., Diss., 2001.

University, Diss., 2002--Heidelberg. / Erscheinungsjahr an der Haupttitelstelle: 2000.

The development of adaptive finite element procedures for the solution of geometrically and physically nonlinear problems in structural mechanics is very important for the augmentation of the efficiency of FE-codes. In this contribution methods of mesh refinement as well as mesh coarsening are presented for a material model considering finite elasto-plastic deformations. For newly generated elements stresses, strains and internal variables have to be calculated. This implies the determination of the nodal values as well as the Gaussian point values of the new elements based on the transfer of data from the former mesh. Analogously, the coarsening of less important elements necessitates the determination of these values for the newly created father elements.

The boundary concentrated finite element method is a variant of the hp-version of the finite element method that is particularly suited for the numerical treatment of elliptic boundary value problems with smooth coefficients and low regularity boundary conditions. For this method we present two multilevel preconditioners that lead to preconditioned stiffness matrices with condition numbers that are bounded uniformly in the problem size N. The cost of applying the preconditioners is O(N). Numerical examples illustrate the efficiency of the algorithms.

We focus on the programming aspect of the treatment of digitized geometries for subsequent use in mesh-free and mesh-based numerical solvers. That perspective includes the description of our C/C++ implementations which use OpenGL for the visualization and MFC classes for the user interface. We report on our experience about implementing with the IGES interface which serves as input for storage of geometric information. For mesh-free numerical solvers, it is helpful to decompose the boundary of a given solid into a set of four-sided surfaces. Additionally, we will describe the treatment of diffeomorphisms on four-sided domains by using transfinite interpolations. In particular, Coons and Gordon patches are appropriate for dealing with such mappings when the equations of the delineating curves are explicitly known. On the other hand, we show the implementation of the mesh generation algorithms which invoke the Laplace-Beltrami operator. We start from coarse meshes which one refine according to generalized Delaunay techniques. Our software is also featured by its ability of treating assembly of solids in B-Rep scheme.

Universiẗat, Diss., 1999--Freiburg (Breisgau).

We focus on the programming aspect of the treatment of digitized geometries for subsequent use in mesh-free and mesh-based numerical solvers. That perspective includes the description of our C/C++ implementations which use OpenGL for the visualization and MFC classes for the user interface. We report on our experience about implementing with the IGES interface which serves as input for storage of geometric information. For mesh-free numerical solvers, it is helpful to decompose the boundary of a given solid into a set of four-sided surfaces. Additionally, we will describe the treatment of diffeomorphisms on four-sided domains by using transfinite interpolations. In particular, Coons and Gordon patches are appropriate for dealing with such mappings when the equations of the delineating curves are explicitly known. On the other hand, we show the implementation of the mesh generation algorithms which invoke the Laplace-Beltrami operator. We start from coarse meshes which one refine according to generalized Delaunay techniques. Our software is also featured by its ability of treating assembly of solids in B-Rep scheme.

The development of adaptive finite element procedures for the solution of geometrically and physically nonlinear problems in structural mechanics is very important for the augmentation of the efficiency of FE-codes. In this contribution methods of mesh refinement as well as mesh coarsening are presented for a material model considering finite elasto-plastic deformations. For newly generated elements stresses, strains and internal variables have to be calculated. This implies the determination of the nodal values as well as the Gaussian point values of the new elements based on the transfer of data from the former mesh. Analogously, the coarsening of less important elements necessitates the determination of these values for the newly created father elements.

The boundary concentrated finite element method is a variant of the hp-version of the finite element method that is particularly suited for the numerical treatment of elliptic boundary value problems with smooth coefficients and low regularity boundary conditions. For this method we present two multilevel preconditioners that lead to preconditioned stiffness matrices with condition numbers that are bounded uniformly in the problem size N. The cost of applying the preconditioners is O(N). Numerical examples illustrate the efficiency of the algorithms.