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Methods for Solving Finite Element Mesh-Dependency Problems in Geotechnical Engineering—A Review
The instabilities of soil specimens in laboratory or soil made geotechnical structures in field are always numerically simulated by the classical continuum mechanics-based constitutive models with finite element method. However, finite element mesh dependency problems are inevitably encountered when the strain localized failure occurs especially in the post-bifurcation regime. In this paper, an attempt is made to summarize several main numerical regularization techniques used in alleviating the mesh dependency problems, i.e., viscosity theory, nonlocal theory, high-order gradient and micropolar theory. Their fundamentals as well as the advantages and limitations are presented, based on which the combinations of two or more regularization techniques are also suggested. For all the regularization techniques, at least one implicit or explicit parameter with length scale is necessary to preserve the ellipticity of the partial differential governing equations. It is worth noting that, however, the physical meanings and their relations between the length parameters in different regularization techniques are still an open question, and need to be further studied. Therefore, the micropolar theory or its combinations with other numerical methods are promising in the future.
Methods for Solving Finite Element Mesh-Dependency Problems in Geotechnical Engineering—A Review
The instabilities of soil specimens in laboratory or soil made geotechnical structures in field are always numerically simulated by the classical continuum mechanics-based constitutive models with finite element method. However, finite element mesh dependency problems are inevitably encountered when the strain localized failure occurs especially in the post-bifurcation regime. In this paper, an attempt is made to summarize several main numerical regularization techniques used in alleviating the mesh dependency problems, i.e., viscosity theory, nonlocal theory, high-order gradient and micropolar theory. Their fundamentals as well as the advantages and limitations are presented, based on which the combinations of two or more regularization techniques are also suggested. For all the regularization techniques, at least one implicit or explicit parameter with length scale is necessary to preserve the ellipticity of the partial differential governing equations. It is worth noting that, however, the physical meanings and their relations between the length parameters in different regularization techniques are still an open question, and need to be further studied. Therefore, the micropolar theory or its combinations with other numerical methods are promising in the future.
Methods for Solving Finite Element Mesh-Dependency Problems in Geotechnical Engineering—A Review
Jiangxin Liu (author) / Lijian Wu (author) / Kexin Yin (author) / Changjun Song (author) / Xiaolin Bian (author) / Shengting Li (author)
2022
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