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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2016-06-01

Journal:ENGINEERING ANALYSIS WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENTS

Included Journals:SCIE、EI

Volume:67

Page Number:26-42

ISSN No.:0955-7997

Key Words:Stress analysis; SBFEM; NURBS; Polygon elements; Stress concentration; Refinement

Abstract:The scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM) is a fundamental-solution-less boundary element method, which leads to semi-analytical solutions for stress fields. As only the boundary is discretized, the spatial dimension is reduced by one. In this paper, the SBFEM based polygon elements are utilized to improve the accuracy and efficiency of stress analysis. It retains the attractive feature of the SBFEM in solving problems with unbounded media and singularities. In addition, polygon elements are more flexible in meshing and mesh transition. Various measures which help improving accuracy or efficiency of the stress analysis, i.e. refining polygon mesh, nodal enrichment, appropriate placing of the scaling center, merging polygon elements and NURBS enhanced curved boundaries are discussed and compared. As a result, further insight into the refinement and improvement strategies for stress analysis is provided. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.