Collaborative Research: Isogeometric Boundary Element Analysis

合作研究：等几何边界元分析

• 批准号: 1101007
• 负责人: Thomas J Hughes
• 金额: $ 36.29万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-10-01 至 2014-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1101007&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Isogeometric; Boundary; Element; Collaborative; Research; Isogeometric; Boundary; Element

The research objective of this collaborative research award is to develop methods that allow engineers to perform stress analysis using their computer aided design (CAD) models without the time consuming mesh generation required by traditional finite element analysis. The research approach combines isogeometric analysis with boundary element technology. Isogeometric analysis uses the same basis functions that are used in the CAD models for engineering analysis. Examples of these basis functions include non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS) and T-Splines. Traditional numerical methods, such as finite element analysis, use piecewise continuous polynomials of low degree. A mesh generation step is therefore required to convert the CAD representation of the geometry to one that the numerical analysis can use. Using CAD basis functions directly allows us to eliminate this step. The current limitation with CAD basis functions is they only represent surfaces. To sidestep this limitation, we will use boundary element technology, which works directly with surface representations. If successful, the results of this research will allow engineers to rapidly perform structural analyses with their CAD models during the preliminary design process. The high cost of doing detailed analysis during the design phase limits the scope of the design space that engineers are able to explore, and makes truly innovative design expensive. By reducing the time and cost of analysis, design engineers will be able to produce designs that are more optimal in terms of weight, performance, and cost. Automatic design optimization will also be facilitated since the numerical analysis will work directly with the design space parameterized by the CAD models, allowing optimization programs to work with less human intervention and correction.

该协作研究奖的研究目标是开发方法，使工程师可以使用其计算机辅助设计（CAD）模型进行压力分析，而无需传统有限元分析所需的耗时的网格生成。研究方法将等几何分析与边界元素技术相结合。等几何分析使用与CAD模型中用于工程分析的相同基础函数。这些基础函数的示例包括不均匀的有理B-Splines（NURB）和T-Splines。传统的数值方法（例如有限元分析）使用低度的分段连续多项式。因此，需要一个网格生成步骤将几何形状的CAD表示为数值分析可以使用的几何形状。使用CAD基函数直接可以消除此步骤。 CAD基函数的当前限制是它们仅表示表面。为了避开此限制，我们将使用边界元素技术，该技术直接与表面表示。如果成功，这项研究的结果将使工程师可以在初步设计过程中使用其CAD模型快速进行结构分析。在设计阶段进行详细分析的高昂成本限制了工程师能够探索的设计空间的范围，并使真正的创新设计变得昂贵。通过减少分析的时间和成本，设计工程师将能够生成在体重，性能和成本方面更为最佳的设计。自动设计优化也将得到促进，因为数值分析将直接与CAD模型参数的设计空间合作，从而使优化程序可以减少人力干预和校正。