Isogeometric analysis with Powell–Sabin splines for advection–diffusion–reaction problems

H Speleers, C Manni, F Pelosi, ML Sampoli - Computer methods in applied …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper presents the use of Powell–Sabin splines in the context of isogeometric analysis
for the numerical solution of advection–diffusion–reaction equations. Powell–Sabin splines …

A geometrically exact isogeometric Kirchhoff plate: Feature‐preserving automatic meshing and C1 rational triangular Bézier spline discretizations

N Liu, AE Jeffers - International Journal for Numerical Methods …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of the Kirchhoff plate is performed using rational Bézier triangles in
isogeometric analysis coupled with a feature‐preserving automatic meshing algorithm …

Isogeometric analysis on triangulations

N Jaxon, X Qian - Computer-Aided Design, 2014 - Elsevier
We present a method for isogeometric analysis on the triangulation of a domain bounded by
NURBS curves. In this method, both the geometry and the physical field are represented by …

tIGAr: Automating isogeometric analysis with FEniCS

D Kamensky, Y Bazilevs - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper introduces tIGAr, a library for using the open-source finite element (FE)
automation software FEniCS to perform isogeometric analysis (IGA). The library uses a …

Isogeometric analysis with Bézier tetrahedra

S Xia, X Qian - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents an approach for isogeometric analysis of 3D objects using rational
Bézier tetrahedral elements. In this approach, both the geometry and the physical field are …

Construction of normalized B-splines for a family of smooth spline spaces over Powell–Sabin triangulations

H Speleers - Constructive Approximation, 2013 - Springer
We construct a suitable B-spline representation for a family of bivariate spline functions with
smoothness r≥ 1 and polynomial degree 3 r− 1. They are defined on a triangulation with …

Feature-preserving rational Bézier triangles for isogeometric analysis of higher-order gradient damage models

N Liu, AE Jeffers - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The computational approach of modeling smeared damage with quadrilateral elements in
isogeometric analysis (eg, using NURBS or T-splines) has limitations in scenarios where …

A locking-free model for Reissner–Mindlin plates: Analysis and isogeometric implementation via NURBS and triangular NURPS

L Beirão Da Veiga, TJR Hughes, J Kiendl… - … Models and Methods …, 2015 - World Scientific
We study a reformulated version of Reissner–Mindlin plate theory in which rotation variables
are eliminated in favor of transverse shear strains. Upon discretization, this theory has the …

Continuity and convergence in rational triangular Bézier spline based isogeometric analysis

S Xia, X Wang, X Qian - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents a method for isogeometric analysis using rational Triangular Bézier
Splines (rTBS) where optimal convergence rates are achieved. In this method, both the …

[HTML][HTML] A local simplex spline basis for C3 quartic splines on arbitrary triangulations

T Lyche, C Manni, H Speleers - Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2024 - Elsevier
We deal with the problem of constructing, representing, and manipulating C 3 quartic splines
on a given arbitrary triangulation T, where every triangle of T is equipped with the quartic …