Analysis of Structural and Non-Structural Problems by Coupling of Finite and Infinite Elements

Abstract:

The main idea of this paper is to present a smart numerical technique to solve structural and non-structural problems in which the domain of interest extends to large distance in one or more directions. The concerned typical problems may be the underground excavation (tunneling or mining operations) and some heat transfer problems (energy flow rate for construction panels). The proposed numerical technique is based on the coupling between the finite element method (M.E.F.) and the infinite element method (I.E.M.) in an attractive manner taking into consideration the advantages that both methods offer with respect to the near field and the far field (good accuracy and sensible reduction of equations to be solved). In this work, it should be noticed that the using of this numerical coupling technique, based on the infinite element ascent formulation, has introduced a more realistic and economic way to solve unbounded problems for which modeling and efficiency have been elegantly improved. The types of the iso-parametric finite elements used are respectively the eight-nodes (Q8) and the four-nodes (Q4) for the near field. However, for the far field the iso-parametric infinite elements used are the eight-nodes (Q8I) and the six-nodes (Q6I).

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 578-579)
• Pages: 445-455
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.578-579.445
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Mustapha Demidem*, Remdane Boutemeur, Abderrahim Bali, El-Hadi Benyoussef
• Keywords: Coupling, Deep Tunnels, Finite Element, Heat Transfer, Infinite Element

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