An interface-enriched finite element method for immersed contact under large deformation kinematics

Master thesis (2022)

Authors

D. Pazars Mechanical Engineering

Contributors

A.M. Aragon Computational Design and Mechanics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (supervisor 1)
J. Jovanova Transport Engineering and Logistics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (supervisor 2)
Mary Frecker (supervisor 2)
Matthijs Langelaar Computational Design and Mechanics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (supervisor 2)
Faculty
Mechanical Engineering
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Contact IGFEM Large deformations Void compression Immersed analysis
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Published Date

20-01-2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Mechanical Engineering

Abstract

Historically, contact analysis has been an important design tool for various applications such as vehicle crash analysis or manufacturing. It is also becoming increasingly more relevant in newer fields such compliant mechanism or metamaterial design. Even though contact has been a topic of discussion for decades, there are still challenges that need to be solved before a truly general contact analysis and optimization framework can be developed. As a milestone towards such framework, this project builds upon an existing novel linear contact analysis and a geometry immersion methodology developed in Interface-enriched Generalized Finite Element Method (IGFEM), to extend its capabilities to support large deformations (geometric non-linearities). Furthermore, a solution is presented to overcome void element over-stiffening in immersed large deformation contact analyses.