Reduced basis approximation and a posteriori error estimation: applications to elasticity problems in several parametric settings

TL;DR

This paper develops a reduced basis method with a posteriori error estimation for efficiently solving parametrized elasticity problems, enabling rapid, accurate, and cost-effective simulations in design and optimization.

Contribution

It introduces a versatile reduced basis approach with rigorous error bounds for elasticity problems across various geometries and material configurations, including nonlinear cases.

Findings

Rapid convergence of reduced basis approximations

Sharp a posteriori error bounds for outputs

Effective offline-online computational strategy

Abstract

In this work we consider (hierarchical, Lagrange) reduced basis approximation and a posteriori error estimation for elasticity problems in affinley parametrized geometries. The essential ingredients of the methodology are: a Galerkin projection onto a low-dimensional space associated with a smooth "parametric manifold" - dimension reduction, an efficient and effective greedy sampling methods for identification of optimal and numerically stable approximations - rapid convergence, an a posteriori error estimation procedures - rigorous and sharp bounds for the functional outputs related with the underlying solution or related quantities of interest, like stress intensity factor, and Offline-Online computational decomposition strategies - minimum marginal cost for high performance in the real-time and many-query (e.g., design and optimization) contexts. We present several illustrative results for linear elasticity problem in parametrized geometries representing 2D Cartesian or 3D axisymmetric configurations like an arc-cantilever beam, a center crack problem, a composite unit cell or a woven composite beam, a multi-material plate, and a closed vessel. We consider different parametrization for the systems: either physical quantities - to model the materials and loads - and geometrical parameters - to model different geometrical configurations - with isotropic and orthotropic materials working in plane stress and plane strain approximation. We would like to underline the versatility of the methodology in very different problems. As last example we provide a nonlinear setting with increased complexity.