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Title:
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Real-Time Reliable Prediction of Linear-Elastic Mode-I Stress Intensity Factors for Failure Analysis |
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Author:
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Huynh, Dinh Bao Phuong; Peraire, Jaime; Patera, Anthony T.; Liu, Guirong |
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Issue Date:
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2006-01 |
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Abstract:
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Modern engineering analysis requires accurate, reliable and efficient evaluation of outputs of interest. These outputs are functions of "input" parameter that serve to describe a particular configuration of the system, typical input geometry, material properties, or boundary conditions and loads. In many cases, the input-output relationship is a functional of the field variable - which is the solution to an input-parametrized partial differential equations (PDE). The reduced-basis approximation, adopting off-line/on-line computational procedures, allows us to compute accurate and reliable functional outputs of PDEs with rigorous error estimations. The operation count for the on-line stage depends only on a small number N and the parametric complexity of the problem, which make the reduced-basis approximation especially suitable for complex analysis such as optimizations and designs. In this work we focus on the development of finite-element and reduced-basis methodology for the accurate, fast, and reliable prediction of the stress intensity factors or strain-energy release rate of a mode-I linear elastic fracture problem. With the use of off-line/on-line computational strategy, the stress intensity factor for a particular problem can be obtained in miliseconds. The method opens a new promising prospect: not only are the numerical results obtained only in miliseconds with great savings in computational time; the results are also reliable - thanks to the rigorous and sharp a posteriori error bounds. The practical uses of our prediction are presented through several example problems. |
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URI:
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30374
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Series/Report no.:
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High Performance Computation for Engineered Systems (HPCES) |
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Keywords:
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Reduced-basis approximation, a posteriori error estimation, linear elasticity, stress intensity factor, brittle failure |
