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Space-time finite element based primal-dual active set method for the non-smooth problem of impact of rigid obstacle by elastic bar Full article

Journal Computational Mathematics and Modeling
ISSN: 1046-283X
Output data Year: 2025, DOI: 10.1007/s10598-025-09629-9
Tags Contact and impact dynamics , Variational inequality, Bar impact, Discontinuous velocity, Space-time finite element, Primal-dual active set method
Authors Kovtunenko Victor A. 1,2
Affiliations
1 Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
2 Department of Mathematics and Scientific Computing, Karl-Franzens University of Graz, NAWI Graz, Graz, Austria

Abstract: The 1D dynamic problem describing discontinuous impact of a rigid obstacle by an elastic bar is considered in the variational formulation. For its numerical solution within the space-time finite element method (STFEM) discretization, the primal-dual active set (PDAS) algorithm is constructed. The piece-wise linear solution given in the closed form, and conservation of the energy provided by persistency conditions, are established on a suitable partition of the space-time domain. Advantages of the suggested variational approach are validated in computational tests of the impact problem on uniform triangle grids in 2D. The numerical result is free of spurious oscillations, not dissipative, indistinguishable from the analytical solution at grid points, and convergent by mesh refinement.
Cite: Kovtunenko V.A.
Space-time finite element based primal-dual active set method for the non-smooth problem of impact of rigid obstacle by elastic bar
Computational Mathematics and Modeling. 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s10598-025-09629-9 Scopus РИНЦ
Dates:
Submitted: Jun 6, 2025
Accepted: Jul 14, 2025
Published online: Aug 14, 2025
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Scopus: 2-s2.0-105013305255
Elibrary: 82814793
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