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• Advances in the simulation of ship navigation in ice

  J. Colom Cobb, B. Servan Camas, J. García-Espinosa, E. Oñate

  VIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (Marine 2019), Gothenburg (Sweden)

  
  

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  Navigation in the arctic regions is becoming more usual as new navigations routes are being opened due to the retreatment of the ice. This means that ships will be navigating in brash ice, which is the accumulation of floating ice made up of blocks no larger than two meters across, bringing up new concerns on the interaction of ice locks with the ship. In this work, we tackle these concerns and present the advances towards the development of a computational model for simulation of this navigation condition including the interaction among the ship and the ice blocks. The computational tool developed in this work is based on the coupling of a Semi-Lagrangian Particle Finite Element Method (SL-PFEM) with a multi rigid-body dynamics tool. The Particle Finite Element Method [1] is a versatile framework for the analysis of fluid-structure interaction problems. The PFEM combines Lagrangian particle-based techniques with the advantage of the integral formulation of the Finite Element Method (FEM). It has been shown [1][2] to successfully simulate a wide variety of complex engineering problems, e.g. free-surface/multi-fluid flows with violent interface motions, multi-fluid mixing and buoyancy-driven segregation problems etc. The latest development within the framework of the PFEM is the X-IVAS (eXplicit Integration along the Velocity and Acceleration Streamlines) scheme [2][3]. It is a semi-implicit scheme built over a Semi-Lagrangian (SL) formulation of the PFEM. In this work, the SL-PFEM model has been coupled with a multibody dynamics solver, able to handle the interactions between thousands of bodies, representing the different ice blocks. The interaction between the fluid flow and the ice blocks is taking into account by enriching the finite element space at the boundaries of the different blocks. This work is part of the research project NICESHIP sponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research under Grant N62909-16-1-2236.

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  Navigation in the arctic regions is becoming more usual as new navigations routes are being opened due to the retreatment of the ice. This means that ships will be navigating [...]

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• Stabilization via finite calculus in finite element computations

  E. Oñate

  (2004). Finite Element Methods: 1970's and Beyond, Franca L.P., Tezduyar T.E. and Masud A. (Eds.),CIMNE, Barcelona, Spain

  
  

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  The expression “finite calculus” refers to the derivation of the governing differential equations in mechanics by invoking balance of fluxes, forces, etc. in a space-time domain of finite size. The governing equations resulting from this approach are different from those of infinitesimal calculus theory and they incorporate new terms which depend on the dimensions of the balance domain. The new governing equations allow to derive naturally stabilized numerical schemes using any discretization procedure. The paper discusses the possibilities of the finite calculus method for the finite element solution of convection-diffusion problems with sharp gradients and incompressible fluid flow.

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  The expression “finite calculus” refers to the derivation of the governing differential equations in mechanics by invoking balance of fluxes, forces, etc. in a [...]

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• FE Analysis of membrane systems including wrinkling and coupling

  R. Rossi, R. Vitaliani, E. Oñate

  (2005). Recent Advances in Textile Membranes and Inflatable Structures, Springer Verlag, pp. 89 - 108

  
  

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  Current work summarizes the experience of the writer in the modeling of membrane systems. A first subsection describes an efficient membrane model, together with a reliable solution procedure. The following section addresses the simulation of the wrinkling phenomena providing details of a new solution procedure. The last one proposes an efficient technique to obtain the solution of the fluid structural interaction problem.

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  Current work summarizes the experience of the writer in the modeling of membrane systems. A first subsection describes an efficient membrane model, together with a reliable [...]

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• Enhanced Rotation-Free Basic Shell Triangle. Applications to Sheet Metal Forming

  E. Oñate, F. Flores, L. Neamtu

  (2007). Computational Plasticity, E. Oñate and R. Owen (Eds.), pp. 239-265

  
  

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  An enhanced rotation-free three node triangular shell element (termed EBST) is presented. The element formulation is based on a quadratic interpolation of the geometry in terms of the six nodes of a patch of four triangles associated to each triangular element. This allows to compute an assumed constant curvature field and an assumed linear membrane strain field which improves the in-plane behaviour of the element. A simple and economic version of the element using a single integration point is presented. The implementation of the element into an explicit dynamic scheme is described. The efficiency and accuracy of the EBST element and the explicit dynamic scheme are demonstrated in many examples of application including the analysis of a cylindrical panel under impulse loading and sheet metal stamping problems.

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  An enhanced rotation-free three node triangular shell element (termed EBST) is presented. The element formulation is based on a quadratic interpolation of the geometry in [...]

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• Fluid-soil-structure interaction analysis with the particle finite element method

  E. Oñate, M. Celigueta, S. Idelsohn, F. Salazar, B. Suarez

  (2012). Bytes and Science, G. Zavarise and D. Boso (Eds.), pp. 119 - 130, CIMNE, Barcelona Spain

  
  

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  We present some developments and applications of the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) for analysis of complex coupled problems in mechanics involving fluid-soil-structure interaction.

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  We present some developments and applications of the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) for analysis of complex coupled problems in mechanics involving fluid-soil-structure [...]

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• Experiences in the Design Analysis and Construction of Low Pressure Inflatable Structures

  J. Marcipar, E. Oñate, J. Canet

  (2005). Recent Advances in Textile Membranes and Inflatable Structures, Springer Verlag, pp. 241 - 257

  
  

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• Applications of a Rotation-Free Triangular Element for Finite Strain Analysis of Thin Shells and Membranes

  F. Flores, E. Oñate

  (2005). Recent Advances in Textile Membranes and Inflatable Structures, Springer Verlag, pp. 69 - 88

  
  

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  This paper shows applications of a recently developed shell element to the analysis of thin shell and membrane structures. The element is a three node triangle with only translational DOFs (rotation free) that uses the configuration of the three adjacent elements to evaluate the strains. This allows to compute (constant) bending strains and (linear) membrane strains. A total Lagrangian formulation is used. Strains are defined in terms of the principal stretches. This allows to consider rubber materials and other type of materials using the Hencky stress-strain pair. An explicit central difference scheme is used to integrate the momentum equations. Several examples, including inflation and deflation of membranes show the excellent convergence properties and robustness of the element for large strain analysis of thin shells and membranes.

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  This paper shows applications of a recently developed shell element to the analysis of thin shell and membrane structures. The element is a three node triangle with only translational [...]

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• Membrane Structures Formed by Low Pressure Inflatable tubes. New Analysis Methods and Recent Constructions

  E. Oñate, F. Flores, J. Marcipar

  (2008). Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures II, E. Oñate and B. Kröplin (eds.), pp. 163-196

  
  

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  This paper shows applications of a recently developed thin shell element adequate for the analysis of membrane and inflatable structures. The element is a three node triangle with only translational degrees of freedom that uses the configuration of the three adjacent elements to evaluate the strains in terms of the nodal displacements only. This allows to compute (constant) bending strains and (linear) membrane strains using a total Lagrangian formulation. Several examples, including inflation and deflation of membranes and some practical applications to the analysis, design and construction of membrane structures formed by low pressure inflatable tubes are presented.

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  This paper shows applications of a recently developed thin shell element adequate for the analysis of membrane and inflatable structures. The element is a three node triangle [...]

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• An empirical comparison of machine learning techniques for dam behaviour modelling

  F. Salazar, M. Toledo, R. Morán Moya, E. Oñate

  Structural Safety (2015). Vol 56, pp. 9-17

  
  

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  Predictive models are essential in dam safety assessment. Both deterministic and statistical models applied in the day-to-day practice have demonstrated to be useful, although they show relevant limitations at the same time. On another note, powerful learning algorithms have been developed in the field of machine learning (ML), which have been applied to solve practical problems. The work aims at testing the prediction capability of some state-of-the-art algorithms to model dam behaviour, in terms of displacements and leakage. Models based on random forests (RF), boosted regression trees (BRT), neural networks (NN), support vector machines (SVM) and multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) are fitted to predict 14 target variables. Prediction accuracy is compared with the conventional statistical model, which shows poorer performance on average. BRT models stand out as the most accurate overall, followed by NN and RF. It was also verified that the model fit can be improved by removing the records of the first years of dam functioning from the training set.

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  Predictive models are essential in dam safety assessment. Both deterministic and statistical models applied in the day-to-day practice have demonstrated to be useful, although [...]

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• Structural shape sensitivity analysis for nonlinear material models with strain softening

  G. Bugeda, L. Gil, E. Oñate

  Structural Optimization (1999). Vol. 17 (2-3), pp. 162-171

  
  

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  This paper describes some considerations around the analytical structural shape sensitivity analysis when the structural behaviour is computed using the finite element method with a nonlinear constitutive material model. Traditionally, the structural sensitivity analysis is computed using an incremental approach based on the incremental procedures for the solution of the structural equilibrium problem. In this work, a direct (nonincremental) formulation for computing these structural sensitivities, that is valid for some specific nonlinear material models, is proposed. The material models for which the presented approach is valid are characterized by the fact that the stresses at any timet can be expressed in terms of the strains at the timet and, in some cases, the strains at a specific past timet u (t u<t). This is the case of elasticity (linear as well as nonlinear), perfect plasticity and damage models. A special strategy is also proposed for material models with strain softening. For the cases where it is applicable, the sensitivity analysis proposed here allows us to compute the structural sensitivities around any structural equilibrium point after finishing the solution process and it is completely independent of the numerical scheme used to solve the structural equilibrium problem. This possibility is particularized for the case of a damage model considering a strain-softening behaviour. Finally, the quality and reliability of the proposed approach is assessed through its application to some example

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  This paper describes some considerations around the analytical structural shape sensitivity analysis when the structural behaviour is computed using the finite element method [...]

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