COMPLAS 2021 is the 16th conference of the COMPLAS Series.
The COMPLAS conferences started in 1987 and since then have become established events in the field of computational plasticity and related topics. The first fifteen conferences in the COMPLAS series were all held in the city of Barcelona (Spain) and were very successful from the scientific, engineering and social points of view. We intend to make the 16th edition of the conferenceanother successful edition of the COMPLAS meetings.
The objectives of COMPLAS 2021 are to address both the theoretical bases for the solution of nonlinear solid mechanics problems, involving plasticity and other material nonlinearities, and the numerical algorithms necessary for efficient and robust computer implementation. COMPLAS 2021 aims to act as a forum for practitioners in the nonlinear structural mechanics field to discuss recent advances and identify future research directions.
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COMPLAS 2021 is the 16th conference of the COMPLAS Series.
Additive manufacturing (AM) is a production method with great potential for creating complex geometries and reducing material and energy waste. Numerical simulations are crucial to minimize fabrication failures and optimize designs. Nevertheless, the high computational cost of simulating the multi-scale behaviour of AM processes is a challenge. To address this, an Arlequin-based method is proposed, which uses two distinct meshes to capture the high thermal gradients near the melt pool: a coarse mesh for the entire domain and a fine mesh that moves with the heating source. Additionally, a change of variable simplifies calculations on each time step by transforming the moving fine mesh into a fixed mesh. The proposed methodology has the potential to reduce computational costs and improve the efficiency of AM simulations
Abstract Additive manufacturing (AM) is a production method with great potential for creating complex geometries and reducing material and energy waste. Numerical simulations are crucial [...]
A procedure is proposed for the direct construction of a basis of a space of symmetric divergence free polynomial stress fields in 3D. Such a basis may be used in the formulation of equilibrium finite elements
Abstract A procedure is proposed for the direct construction of a basis of a space of symmetric divergence free polynomial stress fields in 3D. Such a basis may be used in the formulation [...]