Isogeometric Bezier dual mortaring: The Kirchhoff-Love shell problem
COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING(2021)
Abstract
In this paper we develop an isogeometric Bezier dual mortar method for coupling multi-patch Kirchhoff-Love shell structures. The proposed approach weakly enforces the continuity of the solution at patch interfaces through a dual mortar method and can be applied to both conforming and non-conforming discretizations. As the employed dual basis functions have local supports and satisfy the biorthogonality property, the resulting stiffness matrix is sparse. In addition, the coupling accuracy is optimal because the dual basis possesses the polynomial reproduction property. We also formulate the continuity constraints through the Rodrigues' rotation operator which gives a unified framework for coupling patches that are intersected with G(1) continuity as well as patches that meet at a kink. Several linear and nonlinear examples demonstrated the performance and robustness of the proposed coupling techniques. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Key words
Dual mortar,Kirchhoff-Love,Dual basis,Weak coupling,Isogeometric shells
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