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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2015
Livermore Software Technology Corporation, Livermore, CA (US);
Cheng-Tang Wu, Livermore, CA (US);
Livermore Software Technology Corp., Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
Meshfree model containing a number of particles to represent a structure made of brittle material is defined. At each non-initial solution cycle of a numerical simulation using the meshfree model based on damage mechanics, the following operations are performed: (a) determining one or more damage zones in the structure from simulated structural responses obtained in immediate prior solution cycle; (b) dividing the particles into a first group representing the damage zones and a second group representing the remaining of the meshfree model; (c) applying a meshfree regularization scheme by modifying each particle's strain field of the first group with a morphing function that ensures a homogeneous jump condition along respective borders of the damage zones; and (e) obtaining simulated structural behaviors of the structure using a meshfree stabilization scheme that applies to all of the particle's strain field. Each damage zone represents a crack that can grow over time.