The Finite Cell Method for linear thermoelasticity

  • Authors:
  • N. Zander;S. Kollmannsberger;M. Ruess;Z. Yosibash;E. Rank

  • Affiliations:
  • Chair for Computation in Engineering, Technische Universität München, Arcisstr. 21, 80333 München, Germany;Chair for Computation in Engineering, Technische Universität München, Arcisstr. 21, 80333 München, Germany;Chair for Computation in Engineering, Technische Universität München, Arcisstr. 21, 80333 München, Germany;Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel;Chair for Computation in Engineering, Technische Universität München, Arcisstr. 21, 80333 München, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Computers & Mathematics with Applications
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

The recently introduced Finite Cell Method (FCM) combines the fictitious domain idea with the benefits of high-order Finite Elements. While previous publications concentrated on single-field applications, this paper demonstrates that the advantages of the method carry over to the multi-physical context of linear thermoelasticity. The ability of the method to converge with exponential rates is illustrated in detail with a benchmark problem. A second example shows that the Finite Cell Method correctly captures the thermoelastic state of a complex problem from engineering practice. Both examples additionally verify that, also for two-field problems, Dirichlet boundary conditions can be weakly imposed on non-conforming meshes by the proposed extension of Nitsche's Method.