Abstract

In isogeometric analysis, the tensor-product form of Nonuniform Rational B-spline (NURBS) represents spline surfaces. Due to the nature of the tensor-product, the local refinement in isogeometric analysis has many issues to be resolved. Attempts have been made in this regard, such as T-splines and hierarchical approaches. In this work, a local refinement method for isogeometric analysis based on a superimposing concept is proposed. Local refinements are performed by superimposing hierarchically-created finer overlay meshes onto the regions of high error rather than a change of analysis basis (from NURBS to some other spline space). To employ the superimposing concept as a local refinement strategy in isogeometric analysis, a hierarchical framework to construct overlay meshes is developed, and compatibility conditions across the interfacial boundaries of different levels of meshes is discussed. Through numerical examples, the effectiveness and validity of the proposed method are demonstrated.

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