The vibration analysis of Kirchhoff plates requires robust mass lumping schemes to guarantee numerical stability and accuracy.However,existing methods fail to generate symmetric and positive definite mass matrices whe...The vibration analysis of Kirchhoff plates requires robust mass lumping schemes to guarantee numerical stability and accuracy.However,existing methods fail to generate symmetric and positive definite mass matrices when handling rotational degrees of freedom,leading to compromised performance in both time and frequency domains analyses.This study proposes a manifold-based mass lumping scheme that systematically resolves the inertia matrix formulas for rotational/torsional degrees of freedom.By reinterpreting the finite element mesh as a mathematical cover composed of overlapping patches,Hermitian interpolations for plate deflection are derived using partition of unity principles.The manifold-based mass matrix is constructed by integrating the virtual work of inertia forces over these patches,ensuring symmetry and positive definiteness.Numerical benchmarks demonstrate that the manifold-based mass lumping scheme performance can be comparable or better than the consistent mass scheme and other existing mass lumping schemes.This work establishes a unified theory for mass lumping in fourth order plate dynamics,proving that the widely used row-sum method is a special case of the manifold-based framework.The scheme resolves long-standing limitations in rotational/torsional inertia conservation and provides a foundation for extending rigorous mass lumping to 3D shell and nonlinear dynamic analyses.展开更多
Geometric structures of a manifold of positive definite Hermite matrices are considered from the viewpoint of information geometry.A Riemannian metric is defined and dual α-connections are introduced.Then the fact th...Geometric structures of a manifold of positive definite Hermite matrices are considered from the viewpoint of information geometry.A Riemannian metric is defined and dual α-connections are introduced.Then the fact that the manifold is ±l-flat is shown.Moreover,the divergence of two points on the manifold is given through dual potential functions.Furthermore,the optimal approximation of a point onto the submanifold is gotten.Finally,some simulations are given to illustrate our results.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42107214 and 52130905)the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing(No.CSTB2024NSCQMSX0740)the Henan Province Science and Technology Research Projects(No.252102220050).
文摘The vibration analysis of Kirchhoff plates requires robust mass lumping schemes to guarantee numerical stability and accuracy.However,existing methods fail to generate symmetric and positive definite mass matrices when handling rotational degrees of freedom,leading to compromised performance in both time and frequency domains analyses.This study proposes a manifold-based mass lumping scheme that systematically resolves the inertia matrix formulas for rotational/torsional degrees of freedom.By reinterpreting the finite element mesh as a mathematical cover composed of overlapping patches,Hermitian interpolations for plate deflection are derived using partition of unity principles.The manifold-based mass matrix is constructed by integrating the virtual work of inertia forces over these patches,ensuring symmetry and positive definiteness.Numerical benchmarks demonstrate that the manifold-based mass lumping scheme performance can be comparable or better than the consistent mass scheme and other existing mass lumping schemes.This work establishes a unified theory for mass lumping in fourth order plate dynamics,proving that the widely used row-sum method is a special case of the manifold-based framework.The scheme resolves long-standing limitations in rotational/torsional inertia conservation and provides a foundation for extending rigorous mass lumping to 3D shell and nonlinear dynamic analyses.
基金Supported by Natural Science Foundations of China(Grant No.61179031 and 61401058)
文摘Geometric structures of a manifold of positive definite Hermite matrices are considered from the viewpoint of information geometry.A Riemannian metric is defined and dual α-connections are introduced.Then the fact that the manifold is ±l-flat is shown.Moreover,the divergence of two points on the manifold is given through dual potential functions.Furthermore,the optimal approximation of a point onto the submanifold is gotten.Finally,some simulations are given to illustrate our results.
