Quadrilateral-area-coordinate-based numerical manifold method accommodating static and dynamic analysis

Abstract

Quadrilateral mesh is a commonly used mathematical cover for numerical manifold method (NMM). However, the NMM based on quadrilateral isoparametric mapping has some intrinsic shortcomings, which is revealed for the first time in this study. Therefore, a new NMM is established to overcome these drawbacks by adopting a quadrilateral area coordinate system. In the proposed NMM, the stiffness matrix can be analytically determined without resorting to cumbersome Jacobian inversion and numerical integration. Moreover, a cone-complementary-based contact model is formulated in the context of the new NMM framework, which enables accurate determination of frictional and cohesive contact forces in solving dynamic contact problems. Thus, artificial penalty and open-close iteration in the original NMM can be all avoided. Several benchmark examples are simulated to demonstrate the excellent performance of the presented NMM.