The finite cell method: a review in the context of higher-order structural analysis of CAD and image-based geometric models

D Schillinger, M Ruess - Archives of Computational Methods in …, 2015 - Springer
The finite cell method is an embedded domain method, which combines the fictitious domain
approach with higher-order finite elements, adaptive integration, and weak enforcement of …

Isogeometric analysis: CAD, finite elements, NURBS, exact geometry and mesh refinement

TJR Hughes, JA Cottrell, Y Bazilevs - Computer methods in applied …, 2005 - Elsevier
The concept of isogeometric analysis is proposed. Basis functions generated from NURBS
(Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines) are employed to construct an exact geometric model. For …

Isogeometric analysis using T-splines

Y Bazilevs, VM Calo, JA Cottrell, JA Evans… - Computer methods in …, 2010 - Elsevier
We explore T-splines, a generalization of NURBS enabling local refinement, as a basis for
isogeometric analysis. We review T-splines as a surface design methodology and then …

An isogeometric design-through-analysis methodology based on adaptive hierarchical refinement of NURBS, immersed boundary methods, and T-spline CAD …

D Schillinger, L Dede, MA Scott, JA Evans… - Computer Methods in …, 2012 - Elsevier
We explore hierarchical refinement of NURBS as a basis for adaptive isogeometric and
immersed boundary analysis. We use the principle of B-spline subdivision to derive a local …

Isogeometric analysis of large-deformation thin shells using RHT-splines for multiple-patch coupling

N Nguyen-Thanh, K Zhou, X Zhuang, P Areias… - Computer Methods in …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present an isogeometric thin shell formulation for multi-patches based on rational
splines over hierarchical T-meshes (RHT-splines). Nitsche's method is employed to …

[KNJIGA][B] Computing with hp-adaptive finite elements: volume 1 one and two dimensional elliptic and Maxwell problems

L Demkowicz - 2006 - taylorfrancis.com
Offering the only existing finite element (FE) codes for Maxwell equations that support hp
refinements on irregular meshes, Computing with hp-ADAPTIVE FINITE ELEMENTS …

The bending strip method for isogeometric analysis of Kirchhoff–Love shell structures comprised of multiple patches

J Kiendl, Y Bazilevs, MC Hsu, R Wüchner… - Computer Methods in …, 2010 - Elsevier
In this paper we present an isogeometric formulation for rotation-free thin shell analysis of
structures comprised of multiple patches. The structural patches are C1-or higher-order …

Studies of refinement and continuity in isogeometric structural analysis

JA Cottrell, TJR Hughes, A Reali - Computer methods in applied mechanics …, 2007 - Elsevier
We investigate the effects of smoothness of basis functions on solution accuracy within the
isogeometric analysis framework. We consider two simple one-dimensional structural …

Biofabricated soft network composites for cartilage tissue engineering

O Bas, EM De-Juan-Pardo, C Meinert… - …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Articular cartilage from a material science point of view is a soft network composite that plays
a critical role in load-bearing joints during dynamic loading. Its composite structure …

Geometric modeling, isogeometric analysis and the finite cell method

E Rank, M Ruess, S Kollmannsberger… - Computer Methods in …, 2012 - Elsevier
The advent of isogeometric analysis (IGA) using the same basis functions for design and
analysis constitutes a milestone in the unification of geometric modeling and numerical …