Higher-order multi-scale computational method and its convergence analysis for hygro-thermo-mechanical coupling problems of quasi-periodic composite structures

TL;DR

This paper introduces a higher-order multi-scale computational method for efficiently simulating hygro-thermo-mechanical coupling in quasi-periodic composites, with rigorous error analysis and validated high accuracy.

Contribution

The work develops a novel higher-order multi-scale model with correction terms and provides rigorous error analysis, advancing simulation accuracy and efficiency for complex composite structures.

Findings

High-accuracy multi-scale numerical algorithm developed

Error analyses in point-wise and integral senses derived

Numerical experiments confirm high accuracy and reduced computational cost

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel higher-order multi-scale (HOMS) computational method, which is highly targeted for efficient, high-accuracy and low-computational-cost simulation of hygro-thermo-mechanical (H-T-M) coupling problems in quasi-periodic composite structures. The first innovation of this work is that the establishment of the high-accuracy multi-scale model incorporating the higher-order correction terms for H-T-M coupling problems of quasi-periodic composite structures. The second innovation of this work is that the error analyses in the point-wise and integral senses are rigorously derived for multi-scale asymptotic solutions. Especially from the point-wise error analysis, the primary impetus for current study to develop the HOMS approach for quasi-periodic composite structures is illustrated. Furthermore, an high-accuracy multi-scale numerical algorithm is developed based on finite element method, while corresponding convergent analysis is also obtained. Finally, extensive numerical experiments are conducted to validate the computational performance of the proposed HOMS computational approach, demonstrating not only exceptional numerical accuracy, but also reduced computational cost.