May, S., Vignollet, J. and De Borst, R. (2016) Powell-Sabin B-splines and unstructured standard T-splines for the solution of the Kirchhoff-Love plate theory exploiting Bézier extraction. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 107(3), pp. 205-233. (doi: 10.1002/nme.5163)
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Abstract
The equations that govern Kirchhoff–Love plate theory are solved using quadratic Powell–Sabin B-splines and unstructured standard T-splines. Bézier extraction is exploited to make the formulation computationally efficient. Because quadratic Powell–Sabin B-splines result in -continuous shape functions, they are of sufficiently high continuity to capture Kirchhoff–Love plate theory when cast in a weak form. Unlike non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS), which are commonly used in isogeometric analysis, Powell–Sabin B-splines do not necessarily capture the geometry exactly. However, the fact that they are defined on triangles instead of on quadrilaterals increases their flexibility in meshing and can make them competitive with respect to NURBS, as no bending strip method for joined NURBS patches is needed. This paper further illustrates how unstructured T-splines can be modified such that they are -continuous around extraordinary points, and that the blending functions fulfil the partition of unity property. The performance of quadratic NURBS, unstructured T-splines, Powell–Sabin B-splines and NURBS-to-NURPS (non-uniform rational Powell–Sabin B-splines, which are obtained by a transformation from a NURBS patch) is compared in a study of a circular plate.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Vignollet, Dr Julien and De Borst, Professor Rene |
| Authors: | May, S., Vignollet, J., and De Borst, R. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Infrastructure and Environment |
| Journal Name: | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 0029-5981 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1097-0207 |
| Published Online: | 15 December 2015 |
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