Date of Award
Fall 2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Program/Concentration
Mechanical Engineering
Committee Director
Gene J.W. Hou
Committee Member
Duc T. Nguyen
Committee Member
Xiaoyo Zhang
Abstract
The multiple point constraint (MPC)-based variable node element is introduced in this study to handle mismatched meshes between sub-domains in finite element analysis. The MPC-variable node element is a collection of a group of elements. The compatibility condition along the interface boundary is imposed along the edge of these elements through Lagrange multipliers. The Elimination method is then used to remove the effects of the dependent nodes in these elements to produce a single MPC-based variable node element. The derived variable node elements are applied to solve two plane strain problems in order to validate the accuracy of the proposed MPC-based variable node element.
DOI
10.25777/q2qf-rw19
Recommended Citation
Eftekharjoo, Mohamad.
"Multiple Point Constraint (MPC)-Based Variable Node Super-Element"
(2015). Master of Science (MS), Thesis, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/q2qf-rw19
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/mae_etds/307
ORCID
0000-0003-0430-1663