Title
Nonlocal and Mixed-Locality Multiscale Finite Element Methods
Abstract
In many applications the resolution of small-scale heterogeneities remains a significant hurdle to robust and reliable predictive simulations. In particular, while material variability at the mesoscale plays a fundamental role in processes such as material failure, the resolution required to capture mechanisms at this scale is often computationally intractable. Multiscale methods aim to overcome this difficulty through judicious choice of a subscale problem and a robust manner of passing information between scales. One promising approach is the multiscale finite element method, which increases the fidelity of macroscale simulations by solving lower-scale problems that produce enriched multiscale basis functions. In this study, we present the first work toward application of the multiscale finite element method to the nonlocal peridynamic theory of solid mechanics. This is achieved within the context of a discontinuous Galerkin framework that facilitates the description of material discontinuities and does not assume the existence of spatial derivatives. Analysis of the resulting nonlocal multiscale finite element method is achieved using the ambulant Galerkin method, developed here with sufficient generality to allow for application to multiscale finite element methods for both local and nonlocal models that satisfy minimal assumptions. We conclude with preliminary results on a mixed-locality multiscale finite element method in which a nonlocal model is applied at the fine scale and a local model at the coarse scale.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1137/16M1090351
MULTISCALE MODELING & SIMULATION
Keywords
Field
DocType
multiscale finite elements method,nonlocal,mixed locality,peridynamics
Discontinuous Galerkin method,Applied mathematics,Locality,Classification of discontinuities,Mathematical analysis,Solid mechanics,Peridynamics,Finite element method,Basis function,Material failure theory,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
16
1
1540-3459
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Timothy B. Costa151.13
Stephen D. Bond2275.10
David John Littlewood300.34