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The continuous-discontinuous Galerkin method applied to crack propagation

  • Forti, Tiago L.D.;Forti, Nadia C.S.;Santos, Fabio L.G.;Carnio, Marco A.
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.235-243
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    • 2019
  • The discontinuous Galerkin method (DGM) has become widely used as it possesses several qualities, such as a natural ability to dealing with discontinuities. DGM has its major success related to fluid mechanics. Its major importance is the ability to deal with discontinuities and still provide high order of approximation. That is an important advantage when simulating cracking propagation. No remeshing is necessary during the propagation, since the crack path follows the interface of elements. However, DGM comes with the drawback of an increased number of degrees of freedom when compared to the classical continuous finite element method. Thus, it seems a natural approach to combine them in the same simulation obtaining the advantages of both methods. This paper proposes the application of the combined continuous-discontinuous Galerkin method (CDGM) to crack propagation. An important engineering problem is the simulation of crack propagation in concrete structures. The problem is characterized by discontinuities that evolve throughout the domain. Crack propagation is simulated using CDGM. Discontinuous elements are placed in regions with discontinuities and continuous elements elsewhere. The cohesive zone model describes the fracture process zone where softening effects are expressed by cohesive zones in the interface of elements. Two numerical examples demonstrate the capacities of CDGM. In the first example, a plain concrete beam is submitted to a three-point bending test. Numerical results are compared to experimental data from the literature. The second example deals with a full-scale ground slab, comparing the CDGM results to numerical and experimental data from the literature.

HIGH-ORDER ACCURATE SIMULATIONS OF BLADE-VORTEX INTERACTION USING A DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHOD ON UNSTRUCTURED MESHES (비정렬 격자계에서 고차정확도 불연속 갤러킨 기법을 이용한 블레이드-와류 간섭 현상 모사)

  • Lee, H.D.;Kwon, O.J.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.03a
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    • pp.57-70
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    • 2008
  • A high-order accurate Euler flow solver based on a discontinuous Galerkin finite-element method has been developed for the numerical simulations of blade-vortex interaction phenomena on unstructured meshes. A free vortex in freestream was investigated to assess the vortex-preserving property and the accuracy of the present flow solver. Blade-vortex interaction problems in subsonic and transonic freestreams were simulated by adopting a multi-level solution-adaptive dynamic mesh refinement/coarsening technique. The results were compared with those of other numerical and experimental methods. It was shown that the present discontinuous Galerkin flow solver can preserve the vortex structure for significantly longer vortex convection time and can accurately capture the complex unsteady blade-vortex interaction flows, including generation and propagation of acoustic waves.

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HIGH-ORDER ACCURATE SIMULATIONS OF BLADE-VORTEX INTERACTION USING A DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHOD ON UNSTRUCTURED MESHES (비정렬 격자계에서 고차정확도 불연속 갤러킨 기법을 이용한 블레이드-와류 간섭 현상 모사)

  • Lee, H.D.;Kwon, O.J.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.57-70
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    • 2008
  • A high-order accurate Euler flow solver based on a discontinuous Galerkin finite-element method has been developed for the numerical simulations of blade-vortex interaction phenomena on unstructured meshes. A free vortex in freestream was investigated to assess the vortex-preserving property and the accuracy of the present flow solver. Blade-vortex interaction problems in subsonic and transonic freestreams were simulated by adopting a multi-level solution-adaptive dynamic mesh refinement/coarsening technique. The results were compared with those of other numerical and experimental methods. It was shown that the present discontinuous Galerkin flow solver can preserve the vortex structure for significantly longer vortex convection time and can accurately capture the complex unsteady blade-vortex interaction flows, including generation and propagation of acoustic waves.

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Simulation of One-Dimensional Transcritical Flow with Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method (불연속 갤러킨 유한요소법을 이용한 1차원 천이류 모의)

  • Lee, Haegyun;Lee, Nam-Joo
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.428-434
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    • 2013
  • With the increase of the frequency in large-scale floods and natural disasters, the demands for highly accurate numerical river models are also rapidly growing. Generally, flows in rivers are modeled with previously developed and well-established numerical models based on shallow water equations. However, the so-far-developed models reveal a lot of limitations in the analysis of discontinuous flow or flow which needs accurate modeling. In this study, the numerical shallow water model based on the discontinuous Galerkin method was applied to the simulation of one-dimensional transcritical flow, including dam break flows and a flow over a hump. The favorable agreement was observed between numerical solutions and analytical solutions.

NUMERICAL METHODS FOR A STIFF PROBLEM ARISING FROM POPULATION DYNAMICS

  • Kim, Mi-Young
    • Korean Journal of Mathematics
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.161-176
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    • 2005
  • We consider a model of population dynamics whose mortality function is unbounded. We note that the regularity of the solution depends on the growth rate of the mortality near the maximum age. We propose Gauss-Legendre methods along the characteristics to approximate the solution when the solution is smooth enough. It is proven that the scheme is convergent at fourth-order rate in the maximum norm. We also propose discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods to approximate the solution which is not smooth enough. The stability of the method is discussed. Several numerical examples are presented.

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A PRIORI ERROR ESTIMATES OF A DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHOD FOR LINEAR SOBOLEV EQUATIONS

  • Ohm, Mi-Ray;Shin, Jun-Yong;Lee, Hyun-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.169-180
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    • 2009
  • A discontinuous Galerkin method with interior penalty terms is presented for linear Sobolev equation. On appropriate finite element spaces, we apply a symmetric interior penalty Galerkin method to formulate semidiscrete approximate solutions. To deal with a damping term $\nabla{\cdot}({\nabla}u_t)$ included in Sobolev equations, which is the distinct character compared to parabolic differential equations, we choose special test functions. A priori error estimate for the semidiscrete time scheme is analyzed and an optimal $L^\infty(L^2)$ error estimation is derived.

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NUMERICAL COUPLING OF TWO SCALAR CONSERVATION LAWS BY A RKDG METHOD

  • OKHOVATI, NASRIN;IZADI, MOHAMMAD
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.211-236
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    • 2019
  • This paper is devoted to the study and investigation of the Runge-Kutta discontinuous Galerkin method for a system of differential equations consisting of two hyperbolic conservation laws. The numerical coupling flux which is used at a given interface (x = 0) is the upwind flux. Moreover, in the linear case, we derive optimal convergence rates in the $L_2$-norm, showing an error estimate of order ${\mathcal{O}}(h^{k+1})$ in domains where the exact solution is smooth; here h is the mesh width and k is the degree of the (orthogonal Legendre) polynomial functions spanning the finite element subspace. The underlying temporal discretization scheme in time is the third-order total variation diminishing Runge-Kutta scheme. We justify the advantages of the Runge-Kutta discontinuous Galerkin method in a series of numerical examples.

ERROR ESTIMATES FOR FULLY DISCRETE MIXED DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN APPROXIMATIONS FOR PARABOLIC PROBLEMS

  • OHM, MI RAY;LEE, HYUN YOUNG;SHIN, JUN YONG
    • East Asian mathematical journal
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.685-693
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, we introduce fully discrete mixed discontinuous Galerkin approximations for parabolic problems. And we analyze the error estimates in $l^{\infty}(L^2)$ norm for the primary variable and the error estimates in the energy norm for the primary variable and the flux variable.

A PETROV-GALERKIN METHOD FOR A SINGULARLY PERTURBED ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION WITH NON-SMOOTH DATA

  • Zheng T.;Liu F.
    • Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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    • v.22 no.1_2
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    • pp.317-329
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, a singularly perturbed ordinary differential equation with non-smooth data is considered. The numerical method is generated by means of a Petrov-Galerkin finite element method with the piecewise-exponential test function and the piecewise-linear trial function. At the discontinuous point of the coefficient, a special technique is used. The method is shown to be first-order accurate and singular perturbation parameter uniform convergence. Finally, numerical results are presented, which are in agreement with theoretical results.

Numerical simulation of hot embossing filling (핫엠보싱 충전공정에 관한 수치해석)

  • Kang T. G.;Kwon T. H.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.43-46
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    • 2005
  • Micro molding technology is a promising mass production technology for polymer based microstructures. Mass production technologies such as the micro injection/compression molding, hot embossing, and micro reaction molding are already in use. In the present study, we have developed a numerical analysis system to simulate three-dimensional non-isothermal cavity filling for hot embossing, with a special emphasis on the free surface capturing. Precise free surface capturing has been successfully accomplished with the level set method, which is solved by means of the Runge-Kutta discontinuous Galerkin (RKDG) method. The RKDG method turns out to be excellent from the viewpoint of both numerical stability and accuracy of volume conservation. The Stokes equations are solved by the stabilized finite element method using the equal order tri-linear interpolation function. To prevent possible numerical oscillation in temperature Held we employ the streamline upwind Petrov-Galerkin (SUPG) method. With the developed code we investigated the detailed change of free surface shape in time during the mold filling. In the filling simulation of a simple rectangular cavity with repeating protruded parts, we find out that filling patterns are significantly influenced by the geometric characteristics such as the thickness of base plate and the aspect ratio and pitch of repeating microstructures. The numerical analysis system enables us to understand the basic flow and material deformation taking place during the cavity filling stage in microstructure fabrications.

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