H. Okada1, C. T. Liu2, T. Ninomiya1, Y. Fukui1, N. Kumazawa1
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.6, No.4, pp. 333-348, 2004, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2004.006.333
Abstract Formulations and applications of an element overlay technique for the mesoscopic analyses of composite structures are presented in this paper. As a zooming technique, the element overlay technique has been applied to various engineering problems. A finite element mesh having finer mesh discretization is superposed at the region to zoom the spatial resolution of analysis. Such a numerical technique is known as the s-version FEM (S-FEM). This paper aims at developing an S-FEM technique that is suited for the mesoscopic analysis of particulate composite materials. Local finite element models that contain the second phase material… More >