Title
Kirchhoff-Love shell theory based on tangential differential calculus.
Abstract
The Kirchhoff–Love shell theory is recasted in the frame of the tangential differential calculus (TDC) where differential operators on surfaces are formulated based on global, three-dimensional coordinates. As a consequence, there is no need for a parametrization of the shell geometry implying curvilinear surface coordinates as used in the classical shell theory. Therefore, the proposed TDC-based formulation also applies to shell geometries which are zero-isosurfaces as in the level-set method where no parametrization is available in general. For the discretization, the TDC-based formulation may be used based on surface meshes implying element-wise parametrizations. Then, the results are equivalent to those obtained based on the classical theory. However, it may also be used in recent finite element approaches as the TraceFEM and CutFEM where shape functions are generated on a background mesh without any need for a parametrization. Numerical results presented herein are achieved with isogeometric analysis for classical and new benchmark tests. Higher-order convergence rates in the residual errors are achieved when the physical fields are sufficiently smooth.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1007/s00466-018-1659-5
Computational Mechanics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Shells, Tangential differential calculus, TDC, Isogeometric analysis, IGA, Manifolds
Discretization,Mathematical optimization,Polygon mesh,Parametrization,Isogeometric analysis,Mathematical analysis,Finite element method,Differential operator,Differential calculus,Curvilinear coordinates,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
abs/1805.11978
1
0178-7675
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
8
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Daniel Schöllhammer100.34
Thomas-Peter Fries2336.26