Graduation Year
2018
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Ph.D.
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Degree Granting Department
Engineering
Major Professor
Daniel C. Simkins, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Andrés Tejada-Martinez, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Stuart Wilkinson, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Nathan Crane, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Seung-Yeop Lee, Ph.D.
Keywords
laminated composites, nearest neighbor, particle placement
Abstract
Meshfree methods provide a more practical approach to solving problems involving large deformation and modeling fracture compared to the Finite Element Method (FEM). However meshfree methods are more computationally intensive compared to FEM, which can limit their practicality in engineering. Meshfree methods also lack a clear boundary definition, restricting available visualization techniques. Determining particle locations and attributes such that a consistent approximation is ensured can be challenging in meshfree methods, especially when employing h-refinement. The primary objective of this work is to address the limitations associated with computational efficiency, meshfree domain discretization, and h-refinement, including both placement of particles as well as determination of particle attributes. To demonstrate the efficacy of these algorithms, a model predicting the failure of laminated composite structures using a meshfree method will be presented.
Scholar Commons Citation
Olliff, James, "Efficient Adjacency Queries and Dynamic Refinement for Meshfree Methods with Applications to Explicit Fracture Modeling" (2018). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/7344
