In this paper, we establish the connections between the virtual element method (VEM) and the hourglass control techniques that have been developed since the early 1980s to stabilize underintegrated C0 Lagrange finite element methods. In the VEM, the bilinear form is decomposed into two parts: a consistent term that reproduces a given polynomial space and a correction term that provides stability. The essential ingredients of C0-continuous VEMs on polygonal and polyhedral meshes are described, which reveals that the variational approach adopted in the VEM affords a generalized and robust means to stabilize underintegrated finite elements. We focus on the heat conduction (Poisson) equation and present a virtual element approach for the isoparametric four-node quadrilateral and eight-node hexahedral elements. In addition, we show quantitative comparisons of the consistency and stabilization matrices in the VEM with those in the hourglass control method of Belytschko and coworkers. Numerical examples in two and three dimensions are presented for different stabilization parameters, which reveals that the method satisfies the patch test and delivers optimal rates of convergence in the L2 norm and the H1 seminorm for Poisson problems on quadrilateral, hexahedral, and arbitrary polygonal meshes.

Cangiani, A., Manzini, G., Russo, A., Sukumar, N. (2015). Hourglass stabilization and the virtual element method. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING, 102(3-4), 404-436 [10.1002/nme.4854].

Hourglass stabilization and the virtual element method

Cangiani, A;Russo, A;
2015

Abstract

In this paper, we establish the connections between the virtual element method (VEM) and the hourglass control techniques that have been developed since the early 1980s to stabilize underintegrated C0 Lagrange finite element methods. In the VEM, the bilinear form is decomposed into two parts: a consistent term that reproduces a given polynomial space and a correction term that provides stability. The essential ingredients of C0-continuous VEMs on polygonal and polyhedral meshes are described, which reveals that the variational approach adopted in the VEM affords a generalized and robust means to stabilize underintegrated finite elements. We focus on the heat conduction (Poisson) equation and present a virtual element approach for the isoparametric four-node quadrilateral and eight-node hexahedral elements. In addition, we show quantitative comparisons of the consistency and stabilization matrices in the VEM with those in the hourglass control method of Belytschko and coworkers. Numerical examples in two and three dimensions are presented for different stabilization parameters, which reveals that the method satisfies the patch test and delivers optimal rates of convergence in the L2 norm and the H1 seminorm for Poisson problems on quadrilateral, hexahedral, and arbitrary polygonal meshes.
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Consistency matrix; Hourglass control; Polygonal and polyhedral finite elements; Stabilization matrix; Underintegration; Virtual element method; Engineering (all); Applied Mathematics; Numerical Analysis
English
2015
102
3-4
404
436
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Cangiani, A., Manzini, G., Russo, A., Sukumar, N. (2015). Hourglass stabilization and the virtual element method. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING, 102(3-4), 404-436 [10.1002/nme.4854].
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