An interface-enriched generalized finite element formulation for locking-free coupling of non-conforming discretizations and contact

12/28/2021
by   Dongyu Liu, et al.
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We propose an enriched finite element formulation to address the computational modeling of contact problems and the coupling of non-conforming discretizations in the small deformation setting. The displacement field is augmented by enriched terms that are associated with generalized degrees of freedom collocated along non-conforming interfaces or contact surfaces. The enrichment strategy effectively produces an enriched node-to-node discretization that can be used with any constraint enforcement criterion; this is demonstrated with both multiple-point constraints and Lagrange multipliers, the latter in a generalized Newton implementation where both primal and Lagrange multiplier fields are updated simultaneously. The method's ability to ensure continuity of the displacement field – without locking – in mesh coupling problems, and to transfer fairly accurate tractions at contact interfaces – without the need for contact stabilization – is demonstrated by means of several examples. In addition, we show that the formulation is stable with respect to the condition number of the stiffness matrix by using a simple Jacobi-like diagonal preconditioner.

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