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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3411-3435 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering |
| Volume | 124 |
| Issue number | 16 |
| Publication status | Published - 6 Jul 2023 |
Abstract
This article presents an efficient nonlinear stochastic finite element method to solve stochastic elastoplastic problems. Similar to deterministic elastoplastic problems, we describe history-dependent stochastic elastoplastic behavior utilizing a series of (pseudo) time steps and go further to solve the corresponding stochastic solutions. For each time step, the original stochastic elastoplastic problem is considered as a time-independent nonlinear stochastic problem with initial values given by stochastic displacements, stochastic strains, and internal variables of the previous time step. To solve the stochastic solution at each time step, the corresponding nonlinear stochastic problem is transformed into a set of linearized stochastic finite element equations by means of finite element discretization and a stochastic Newton linearization, while the stochastic solution at each time step is approximated by a sum of the products of random variables and deterministic vectors. Each couple of the random variable and the deterministic vector is also used to approximate the stochastic solution of the corresponding linearized stochastic finite element equation that can be solved via a weakly intrusive method. In this method, the deterministic vector is computed by solving deterministic linear finite element equations, and corresponding random variables are solved by a non-intrusive method. Further, the proposed method avoids the curse of dimensionality successfully since its computational effort does not increase dramatically as the stochastic dimensionality increases. Four numerical cases are used to demonstrate the good performance of the proposed method.
Keywords
- curse of dimensionality, nonlinear stochastic finite element method, stochastic elastoplasticity, stochastic Newton linearization, weakly intrusive approximation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mathematics(all)
- Numerical Analysis
- Engineering(all)
- Mathematics(all)
- Applied Mathematics
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In: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 124, No. 16, 06.07.2023, p. 3411-3435.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - A nonlinear stochastic finite element method for solving elastoplastic problems with uncertainties
AU - Zheng, Zhibao
AU - Nackenhorst, Udo
N1 - Funding Information: The authors are grateful to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the International Research Training Group 2657 (IRTG 2657) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) (Grant number 433082294). Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
PY - 2023/7/6
Y1 - 2023/7/6
N2 - This article presents an efficient nonlinear stochastic finite element method to solve stochastic elastoplastic problems. Similar to deterministic elastoplastic problems, we describe history-dependent stochastic elastoplastic behavior utilizing a series of (pseudo) time steps and go further to solve the corresponding stochastic solutions. For each time step, the original stochastic elastoplastic problem is considered as a time-independent nonlinear stochastic problem with initial values given by stochastic displacements, stochastic strains, and internal variables of the previous time step. To solve the stochastic solution at each time step, the corresponding nonlinear stochastic problem is transformed into a set of linearized stochastic finite element equations by means of finite element discretization and a stochastic Newton linearization, while the stochastic solution at each time step is approximated by a sum of the products of random variables and deterministic vectors. Each couple of the random variable and the deterministic vector is also used to approximate the stochastic solution of the corresponding linearized stochastic finite element equation that can be solved via a weakly intrusive method. In this method, the deterministic vector is computed by solving deterministic linear finite element equations, and corresponding random variables are solved by a non-intrusive method. Further, the proposed method avoids the curse of dimensionality successfully since its computational effort does not increase dramatically as the stochastic dimensionality increases. Four numerical cases are used to demonstrate the good performance of the proposed method.
AB - This article presents an efficient nonlinear stochastic finite element method to solve stochastic elastoplastic problems. Similar to deterministic elastoplastic problems, we describe history-dependent stochastic elastoplastic behavior utilizing a series of (pseudo) time steps and go further to solve the corresponding stochastic solutions. For each time step, the original stochastic elastoplastic problem is considered as a time-independent nonlinear stochastic problem with initial values given by stochastic displacements, stochastic strains, and internal variables of the previous time step. To solve the stochastic solution at each time step, the corresponding nonlinear stochastic problem is transformed into a set of linearized stochastic finite element equations by means of finite element discretization and a stochastic Newton linearization, while the stochastic solution at each time step is approximated by a sum of the products of random variables and deterministic vectors. Each couple of the random variable and the deterministic vector is also used to approximate the stochastic solution of the corresponding linearized stochastic finite element equation that can be solved via a weakly intrusive method. In this method, the deterministic vector is computed by solving deterministic linear finite element equations, and corresponding random variables are solved by a non-intrusive method. Further, the proposed method avoids the curse of dimensionality successfully since its computational effort does not increase dramatically as the stochastic dimensionality increases. Four numerical cases are used to demonstrate the good performance of the proposed method.
KW - curse of dimensionality
KW - nonlinear stochastic finite element method
KW - stochastic elastoplasticity
KW - stochastic Newton linearization
KW - weakly intrusive approximation
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DO - 10.1002/nme.7253
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JO - International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
JF - International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
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