Abstract

SummaryThe LATIN (acronym of LArge Time INcrement) method was originally devised as a non‐incremental procedure for the solution of quasi‐static problems in continuum mechanics with material nonlinearity. In contrast to standard incremental methods like Newton and modified Newton, LATIN is an iterative procedure applied to the entire loading path. In each LATIN iteration, two problems are solved: a local problem, which is nonlinear but algebraic and miniature, and a global problem, which involves the entire loading process but is linear. The convergence of these iterations, which has been shown to occur for a large class of nonlinear problems, provides an approximate solution to the original problem. In this paper, the LATIN method is presented from a different viewpoint, taking advantage of the causality principle. In this new view, LATIN is an incremental method, and the LATIN iterations are performed within each load step, similarly to the way that Newton iterations are performed. The advantages of the new approach are discussed. In addition, LATIN is extended for the solution of time‐dependent wave problems. As a relatively simple model for illustrating the new formulation, lateral wave propagation in a flat membrane made of a nonlinear material is considered. Numerical examples demonstrate the performance of the scheme, in conjunction with finite element discretization in space and the Newmark trapezoidal algorithm in time. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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