Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
497793 Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 2015 19 Pages PDF
Abstract

•Isogeometric collocation methods for Reissner–Mindlin plate problems are proposed for the first time.•Locking-free primal and mixed formulations are proposed.•Numerical tests show the efficiency of the methods.

Within the general framework of isogeometric methods, collocation schemes have been recently proposed as a viable and promising low-cost alternative to standard isogeometric Galerkin approaches. In this paper, isogeometric collocation methods for the numerical approximation of Reissner–Mindlin plate problems are proposed for the first time. Locking-free primal and mixed formulations are herein considered, and the potential of isogeometric collocation as a geometrically flexible and computationally efficient simulation tool for shear deformable plates is shown through the solution of several numerical tests.

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