Algebraic Formulation of Elastodynamics: the Cell Method
E. Tonti, F. Zarantonello1
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.64, No.1, pp. 37-70, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.064.037
Abstract This paper completes a preceeding paper on the algebraic formulation of elastostatics [Tonti, Zarantonello (2009)]. It shows how to obtain a numerical formulation for elastodynamics by avoiding any process of discretization of differential equations, i.e. PDE-free formulation. To this end, we must analyse in more detail the discretization of time by highlighting the need to introduce a dual subdivision of the time axis, as we did for a space cell complex. The mass matrix obtained with the direct algebraic formulation is diagonal. More >