An isogeometric collocation method using superconvergent points

  • Cosmin Anitescu
  • , Yue Jia
  • , Yongjie Jessica Zhang
  • , Timon Rabczuk*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    We develop an IGA collocation method modified by collocating at points other than the standard Greville abscissae. The method is related to orthogonal collocation used for solving differential equations and to the superconvergence theory, therefore we refer to this method as "super-collocation" (IGA-SC). By carefully choosing the collocation points, it can be seen that the IGA-SC converges in the first derivative (energy) norms at rates similar to that of the Galerkin solution. This is different from the collocation at Greville abscissae (IGA-C), where the convergence in energy norm for odd polynomial degrees is typically suboptimal. The method is tested on 1D, 2D and 3D numerical examples, in which it is compared to IGA-C and Galerkin's method (IGA-G). The comparison includes a detailed cost vs. accuracy analysis, which shows an improved efficiency of the proposed method in particular for odd polynomial degrees.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1073-1097
    Number of pages25
    JournalComputer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
    Volume284
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015 Feb 1

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    The authors would like to thank the support by the European Union through the FP7-grant ITN (Marie Curie Initial Training Networks) INSIST (Integrating Numerical Simulation and Geometric Design Technology) PITN-GA-2011-289361 . Y. Zhang was supported in part by the PECASE Award N00014-14-1-0234 and NSF CAREER Award OCI-1149591 .

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2014 Elsevier B.V.

    Keywords

    • Galerkin method
    • Greville abscissae
    • IGA collocation
    • Least-squares
    • Orthogonal collocation
    • Superconvergence

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computational Mechanics
    • Mechanics of Materials
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • General Physics and Astronomy
    • Computer Science Applications

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