Chen, L. and de Borst, R. orcid.org/0000-0002-3457-3574 (2018) Locally Refined T-splines. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 114 (6). pp. 637-659. ISSN 0029-5981
Abstract
We extend Locally Refined (LR) B-splines to LR T-splines within the Bézier extraction framework. This discretization technique combines the advantages of T-splines to model the geometry of engineering objects exactly with the ability to flexibly carry out local mesh refinement. In contrast to LR B-splines, LR T-splines take a T-mesh as input instead of a tensor-product mesh. The LR T-mesh is defined, and examples are given how to construct it from an initial T-mesh by repeated meshline insertions. The properties of LR T-splines are investigated by exploiting the Bézier extraction operator, including the nested nature, linear independence, and the partition of unity property. A technique is presented to remove possible linear dependencies between LR T-splines. Like for other spline technologies, the Bézier extraction framework enables to fully use existing finite element data structures.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Bézier extraction; linear dependency; LR T-mesh; LR T-splines; partition of unity property |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Civil and Structural Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 Feb 2018 12:09 |
Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2020 12:07 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/nme.5759 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:127076 |