13th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XIII)

2nd Pan American Congress on Computational Mechanics (PANACM II)

July 22-27, 2018, New York, NY, USA

Schwarz Alternating Implicit Enrichment Methods for Analysis of

Kirchhoff-Love Plate Model with Angular Corners

Birce Palta*

*The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

ABSTRACT

We develop numerical methods for analysis of Kirchhoff-Love plate model with angular corners. Even though this
thin plate model has no boundary layer problems, we have to handle fourth order partial differential equations
whose finite element approach requires smoother basis functions. It is known that Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) can
effectively handle this type of problems whenever plate is a simple convex domain. However, IGA with single patch
encounters difficulties in dealing with irregular shaped polygonal plates. In literatures, for analysis of thin plates with
angular corners, multi-patches approaches, discontinuous Galerkin method (DGA), penalty methods, domain
decomposition methods (DDM), and so on, are suggested. In this paper, in order to handle thin plate model with
singularities, we introduce implicitly enriched Galerkin method combined with smooth flat-top partition of unity
functions. Unlike XFEM, this approach does not have singular integral problems. For the cases where multi-patches
are necessary, we combine DDM and implicitly enriched Galerkin method. Numerical examples show effectiveness
of the proposed methods in dealing with cracked and L-shaped plates.