自由度具有物理含义的线性无关高阶数值流形法

数值流形方法（NMM）基于两套覆盖（数学和物理覆盖）和接触环路而建立,能够统一地处理岩土工程中的连续和非连续变形分析问题。与其他基于单位分解理论的数值方法一样,NMM可以自由地提高物理片上局部位移函数（多项式）的阶次,从而在不加密网格的情况下显著地提高计算精度,但有可能会使总体刚度矩阵奇异,产生线性相关问题。针对这种情况,引入了一种新的高次多项式形式的局部位移函数,在此基础上,建立了新的NMM求解体系,并应用于求解一般的弹性力学问题。结果表明：它有效地消除了线性相关问题;较之传统局部位移函数取一次多项式的NMM,达到了更高的精度;节点应力是连续的;定义在物理片上的所有自由度都具有明确的物理含义,其中第3～5个刚好是物理片所对应插值点处的应变分量,因此,直接获得此处的应力状态。该方法可以很容易地推广到其他基于单位分解的数值方法中。     

基于数值流形法的三维裂纹扩展研究

基于数值流形法（NMM）进行三维裂纹扩展分析研究,编写了相应的C++程序。充分发挥数值流形法在非连续变形分析领域的优势,不需要扩展有限元中的水平集和阶跃函数概念,应用数值流形法计算结果分析裂纹尖端线的破坏状况,对已有的非局部求迹法和三角形推进法进行简化和扩展,提出一种简化算法确定最终的新裂纹扩展面。应用简化算法对水平钱币型裂纹扩展问题进行数值模拟和对比分析研究。计算结果表明,基于数值流形法的三维裂纹扩展算法是可行的,采用简化处理之后,克服原有算法的不足,大大减少了新裂纹尖端线和新裂纹面的数目,降低了计算网格对新裂纹面的影响,提高了计算效率和扩大了应用范围。     

三维数值流形法在裂纹扩展中的应用研究

运用三维数值流形法（3D NMM）进行三维裂纹扩展分析,并采用C++语言编写了相应的程序。充分利用三维数值流形法模拟裂纹扩展的优势,只需要更新裂纹尖端线附近的边界环路和流形单元,不需要使用阶跃函数。根据三维数值流形法计算得到的应力结果,应用非局部求迹方法分析每个裂纹尖端的破坏状态,如果发生破坏则沿垂直于其最大主应力方向扩展。针对裂纹扩展后的不同状况,采用四边形或三角形推进法。裂纹扩展后为了使变形后的面保持平面,必须对新生成的面进行三角化分割。对诸如单边裂纹、平行钱币型裂纹和倾斜钱币型裂纹扩展问题进行数值模拟。计算结果表明,采用三维数值流形法进行裂纹扩展模拟是可行的,文中方法对裂纹尖端线非闭合和闭合的情形均适用,且文中方法对于裂纹尖端线位于单元内部的非平面裂纹扩展也是有效的。     

数值流形法中“质量守恒”的探讨

数值流形法是至少包含流形法(NMM)、有限元法(FEM)和非连续变形分析(DDA)的数值方法体系。将数值流形法中物理单元与数学单元完全重合,去掉接触理论,流形元能够回归到有限元,将通过简单的板压缩数值试验验证这一点。在以前的数值流形法法中,质量守恒问题一直被忽视,物理单元的质量会随着单元体积改变,计算结果存在一定的误差。通过改变计算过程中单元密度实现计算过程中的"质量守恒",完善了现有数值流形法的理论基础。     

基于区域分解法的地下水有限元与边界元耦合模型—淄博市王旺庄水源地地下水数值模拟

区域分解法（DDM）是20世纪90年代兴起的一种求解偏微分方程的新方法，方法本身独到的耦合思想和高效的并行计算机理，对于求解复杂的、大型的地下水问题具有相当的优势和广阔的应用前景。本文以淄博市王旺庄水源地地下水流模型为例，应用重叠型区域分解法（DDM）构造了边界单元法（BEM）与有限单元法（FEM）耦合模型，在两种数值方法各自优点的基础上，更形象地再现了实际水文地质原型，有效地消除了人为边界造成的流场失真。     

数值流形法的T样条局部加密算法

在岩土工程分析中求解精度控制常常是必需的,在数值流形法中可以通过控制数学覆盖网格的稀疏和覆盖位移的阶数来达到精度的要求。提出了基于等几何分析的数值流形方法,定义了相应的数学覆盖的构造形式,推导了基于二次B样条的9节点数值流形方法分析格式;针对基于Lagrange插值函数的4节点数值流形方法提出了基于T样条思想的数学覆盖网格的局部加密方法。算例计算结果表明,相对于4节点的数值流形方法,基于非均匀有理B样条的9节点数值流形方法具有更高的精度;基于T样条思想的加密网格在保持计算精度的前提下降低了自由度的数量,表明T样条加密是一种自然的局部加密算法。     

岩体黏弹性蠕变计算的高阶数值流形法研究

数值流形法（numerical manifold method）是一种新型的数值计算方法,已成功应用于岩土工程的诸多领域,但该方法尚未应用于岩土工程蠕变分析。近年来对高阶流形法的研究表明,对复杂的岩土工程问题,使用高阶覆盖函数可明显提高流形法的计算精度。为此,开展了用高阶流形法模拟蠕变的研究,在高阶流形法中引入“时步-初应变”法计算蠕变,以广义开尔文体为基础,推导了相关的计算公式,并编制了相应的计算程序,同时还通过算例,验证了方法的可行性和合理性。结果表明,高阶流形可以方便地与“时步-初应变”法结合用于蠕变计算,可较好地模拟蠕变变形。算例分析表明,在不改变网格密度情况下,仅通过采用高阶覆盖函数,高阶流形法可大幅提高传统流形法的计算精度。     

饱和土地下源u-P形式解答动力响应计算

一直以来,由Biot孔隙弹性动力方程得到的饱和土地下源Green函数都是u-w形式（u为固相介质位移,w为流相相对于固相的平均位移）。应用两相介质纵波解耦理论,得到了饱和土半空间地下点源荷载的u-P形式（P为孔压）Green函数频域解答;克服了u-w形式Green函数在边界元（BEM）积分时的增根影响。再由Hankel反演,结合Somigliana表象积分,完成BEM计算。并以计算结果分析了地下集中力作用时,饱和土位移、孔压、排水量等动力特性,这对地铁等交通工程、地震工程、土-结构动力相互作用（SSI）的响应计算都具有较重要应用价值。     

基于修正对称和反对称分解的三维数值流形元法应用推广

详细地介绍了基于修正对称和反对称分解(MSAD)的三维数值流形元法,并提出一个针对三维数值流形元法(3D NMM)中应用罚函数法施加位移约束和材料边界条件时罚系数的选取公式。在基于MSAD的三维数值流形元法中,引入了Bathe隐式时间积分方案,编写了基于统一强度理论和非关联流动法则的理想塑性本构模型,实现了三维弹塑性开挖问题模拟。将基于MSAD的三维数值流形元法应用到非线性动力学研究中,案例研究结果表明:Bathe隐式时间积分方案和基于MSAD的三维数值流形元法在处理大转动和长持续时间的非线性动力学问题时能够很好地保障模拟结果的稳定性,同时保证守恒体系动能和角动量的守恒。再次验证了MSAD理论,在模拟大转动问题时,MSAD具有很好的稳定性和较高的计算精度,能够合理地从变形梯度增量中分离出转动和应变,精确地更新转动应力,而不会产生错误体积膨胀问题。     

基于结构网格的溃坝水流数值模拟

针对溃坝水流数值模拟面临的复杂地形和不规则边界等问题,基于结构网格建立了适应复杂地形和不规则边界的溃坝水流数值模拟有限体积模型（HydroM2D）。模型基于具有守恒特性的二维浅水方程,利用HLLC格式的近似Riemann解计算网格界面通量,利用MUSCL-Hancock法不断向前积分,使模型在时空上具有二阶精度;对源项进行离散处理确保模型的稳定性;模型引入有效干湿边界和不规则地形边界处理方法,准确模拟了干湿单元的动态交替和复杂边界上的水流特性。最后分别利用水槽试验、物理模型和实际算例对模型进行验证。结果表明,该模型对不同情景下的溃坝洪水模拟结果和实测资料以及现有模型模拟结果具有较高的一致性,模拟精度较高,稳定性较好,具有推广应用价值。     

Energy‐work‐based numerical manifold seepage analysis with an efficient scheme to locate the phreatic surface

A major challenge in seepage analysis is to locate the phreatic surface in an unconfined aquifer. The phreatic surface is unknown and assumed as a discontinuity separating the seepage domain into dry and wet parts, thus should be determined iteratively with special schemes. In this study, we systematically developed a new numerical manifold method (NMM) model for unconfined seepage analysis. The NMM is a general numerical method for modeling continuous and discontinuous deformation in a unified mathematical form. The novelty of our NMM model is rooted in the NMM two‐cover‐mesh system: the mathematical covers are fixed and the physical covers are adjusted with iterations to account for the discontinuity feature of the phreatic surface. We developed an energy‐work seepage model, which accommodates flexible approaches for boundary conditions and provides a form consistent with that in mechanical analysis with clarified physical meaning of the potential energy. In the framework of this energy‐work seepage model, we proposed a physical concept model (a pipe model) for constructing the penalty function used in the penalty method to uniformly deal with Dirichlet, Neumann, and material boundaries. The new NMM model was applied to study four example problems of unconfined seepage with varying geometric shape, boundary conditions, and material domains. The comparison of our simulation results to those of existing numerical models for these examples indicates that our NMM model can achieve a high accuracy and faster convergence speed with relatively coarse meshes. This NMM seepage model will be a key component of our future coupled hydro‐mechanical NMM model. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于边界元法的边坡矢量和稳定分析

矢量和法物理力学意义明确,计算简单,且能根据边坡当前的应力分布状态合理地评价其整体稳定性状态。其中边坡的应力状态通常是采用有限元法来求解。由于边界元法具有研究问题降阶、离散化带来的误差值仅产生在边界以及计算量小等优点,在工程中得到了广泛应用;对于平面问题,以源点作为原点,以所积分单元的切向和法向为坐标轴建立局部坐标系,对于线性单元可以得到所有积分的解析解。因此,可以得到计算区域内部任意点的场变量的解析解,这就保证了位于边界附近区域场变量的精度。利用边界元法得到二维边坡体内连续的应力分布状态,使用矢量和法对该边坡进行稳定性分析,并且与基于有限元的矢量和法、极限平衡法进行对比分析。边坡圆弧滑面和折线滑面的计算结果表明,基于边界元法得到的矢量和安全系数和基于有限元的矢量和法、极限平衡法基本一致;边界元法对应的矢量和安全系数对边界单元尺寸不敏感。     

基于B-DEM的颗粒聚合体应力计算和破碎路径模拟

结合边界元法和离散元法,提出一种可以进行计算颗粒内部应力和破碎路径的方法。该方法利用离散元法求解颗粒的相互作用和每个颗粒上的荷载。然后利用边界元法计算颗粒的应力分布,为了实现动态平衡,将颗粒的加速度视为恒定大小的体力。但体力导致边界积分方程中出现域积分,故采用直线积分法将域积分转化为边界积分,以保证边界元法降维的优势。为了提高边界元的计算效率,对于几何形状相似的颗粒,以其中一个颗粒作为模板颗粒,只需要计算模板颗粒在局部坐标系中的系数矩阵,其他相似颗粒可以通过局部和全局坐标系之间的映射获得。在得到应力后,基于Hoek-Brown准则来判断颗粒是否破碎。此外,将破坏路径简化为直线,并采用最小二乘法拟合得到破坏路径。     

Boundary settings for the seismic dynamic response analysis of rock masses using the numerical manifold method

Aiming to accurately simulate seismic dynamic response of rock masses using the numerical manifold method (NMM), boundary settings must be treated carefully. In this paper, 4 issues in boundary settings are investigated to improve the performance of NMM: (1) Nonreflecting boundaries including the viscous boundary and viscoelastic boundary are considered; (2) A free‐field boundary is incorporated into NMM to accurately simulate external source wave motion; (3) A seismic input boundary is considered, and the force input method is introduced; and (4) A static‐dynamic unified boundary is incorporated for the convenience of transforming displacement boundary into other types of boundaries, such as nonreflecting boundaries and seismic input boundary. Several benchmark problems are solved to validate the improved NMM. Simulation results agree well with analytical ones, indicating that the improved NMM is able to simulate seismic dynamic response of rock masses reliably and correctly.     

Application of the numerical manifold method for stress wave propagation across rock masses

In this paper, the numerical manifold method (NMM) is extended to study wave propagation across rock masses. First, improvements to the system equations, contact treatment, and boundary conditions of the NMM are performed, where new system equations are derived based on the Newmark assumption of the space–time relationship, the edge‐to‐edge contact treatment is further developed for the NMM to handle stress wave propagation across discontinuities, and the viscous non‐reflection boundary condition is derived based on the energy minimisation principle. After the modification, numerical comparisons between the original and improved NMM are presented. The results show that the original system equations result in artificial numerical damping, which can be overcome by the Newmark system equations. Meanwhile, the original contact scheme suffers some calculation problems when modelling stress wave propagation across a discontinuity, which can be solved by the proposed edge‐to‐edge contact scheme. Subsequently, the influence of the mesh size and time step on the improved NMM for stress wave propagation is studied. Finally, 2D wave propagation is modelled, and the model's results are in good agreement with the analytical solution. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Development of a discontinuous approach for modeling fluid flow in heterogeneous media using the numerical manifold method

In the numerical modeling of fluid flow in heterogeneous geological media, large material contrasts associated with complexly intersected material interfaces are challenging, not only related to mesh discretization but also for the accurate realization of the corresponding boundary constraints. To address these challenges, we developed a discontinuous approach for modeling fluid flow in heterogeneous media using the numerical manifold method (NMM) and the Lagrange multiplier method (LMM) for modeling boundary constraints. The advantages of NMM include meshing efficiency with fixed mathematical grids (covers), the convenience of increasing the approximation precision, and the high integration precision provided by simplex integration. In this discontinuous approach, the elements intersected by material interfaces are divided into different elements and linked together using the LMM. We derive and compare different forms of LMMs and arrive at a new LMM that is efficient in terms of not requiring additional Lagrange multiplier topology, yet stringently derived by physical principles, and accurate in numerical performance. To demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the NMM with the developed LMM for boundary constraints, we simulate a number of verification and demonstration examples, involving a Dirichlet boundary condition and dense and intersected material interfaces. Last, we applied the developed model for modeling fluid flow in heterogeneous media with several material zones containing a fault and an opening. We show that the developed discontinuous approach is very suitable for modeling fluid flow in strongly heterogeneous media with good accuracy for large material contrasts, complex Dirichlet boundary conditions, or complexly intersected material interfaces. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Coupling of BEM with a large displacement and rotation algorithm

In stability analysis of rock blocks, the deformability of the blocks can conveniently be simulated using the boundary element method (BEM). However, all boundary conditions are given as stresses. Thus, the displacement solution is not unique. In this paper, an algorithm is proposed to remove rigid body motions in the solution of the boundary form of Somigliana identity discretized by the direct BEM formulation. The algorithm is applied to the calculation of the normal stiffness of rock blocks and coupled with BS3D, large displacement and rotation algorithm for the general stability of rock blocks. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.