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    The document summarizes Voronoi Applied Element Method (VAEM), a new version of the applied element method that uses Voronoi shape elements. VAEM offers benefits like easier fitting of non-rectangular boundaries, element size variation, modeling of pre-existing weak planes, and implicit consideration of Poisson's ratio. The document provides examples of VAEM simulations of elastic problems, large deformations, and fracture simulations. It also outlines the VAEM stiffness matrix calculation method.

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    The document summarizes Voronoi Applied Element Method (VAEM), a new version of the applied element method that uses Voronoi shape elements. VAEM offers benefits like easier fitting of non-rectangular boundaries, element size variation, modeling of pre-existing weak planes, and implicit consideration of Poisson's ratio. The document provides examples of VAEM simulations of elastic problems, large deformations, and fracture simulations. It also outlines the VAEM stiffness matrix calculation method.

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    The document summarizes Voronoi Applied Element Method (VAEM), a new version of the applied element method that uses Voronoi shape elements. VAEM offers benefits like easier fitting of non-rectangular boundaries, element size variation, modeling of pre-existing weak planes, and implicit consideration of Poisson's ratio. The document provides examples of VAEM simulations of elastic problems, large deformations, and fracture simulations. It also outlines the VAEM stiffness matrix calculation method.

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    VORONOI APPLIED ELEMENT METHOD

    Voronoi Applied Element Method (VAEM) :


    the new version of applied element method containing Voronoi shape element.

    Benefits:
    1) 2) 3) 4) Easier fit non-rectangular boundary Element size variation Pre-existing weak plane Implicit Poissons ratio

    Elastic:
    0 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -5000 0 1 2 3 4 5

    Vor-ver

    -10000

    Vertical stress

    Rec

    1 3 2

    -15000

    Vor-med

    D = 8 unit E = 2.14 x107 =0


    y x

    -20000
    Exact
    Vor-small Vor-ver

    -25000

    Exact solution: y =
    -30000

    2P 4d 4 [1 2 ] (d + 4 x 2 ) 2 d

    Rec Vor-hor Vor-small Vor-med

    Distance from center

    Large deformation: Additional procedure VAEM Stiffness Matrix:


    y

    AEM

    1) Update the location of the element node 2) Calculate the geometrical residuals as {RG}={f}-{Fm} 4) Take into account the geometrical residual [K]{u} = {r}+{RG}

    1 u3 u1 u2 p 2 y x (a) u6 u4 u3 u5 1 u2 u1

    u6 2

    u5 u4
    0

    L
    0

    (b)

    -20
    vor-dx vor-dy analytic-dx analytic-dy

    -15

    -10

    -5

    -100 -200 -300 -400 -500 -600 -700 -800

    Analytic formulation

    Displacment (m)

    Two-particle assemblage and their degrees of freedom (a) global coordinate (b) local coordinate 1 (xc1,yc1) p p 2 (xc2,yc2) ti+1

    P=

    EI [ L2

    /2

    d 1 sin 2 ( / 2)sin 2 2
    /2

    ]2

    x = 2L

    -900

    ti

    -1000

    Force (kN)

    P / EI 2sin( / 2) y = P / EI

    1 sin 2 ( / 2) sin 2 d ]

    Fracture:
    2
    Compression boundary Compression - shear boundary

    c Tension-shear boundary
    VAEM AEM

    Two-particle assemblage after deformed

    Normal and shear springs at element boundary

    Eo/100 Eo

    Steel spring

    By writing the springs strain energy and apply Castigiano theorem, we obtains: Stiffness matrix [K]=
    1 0

    , compression

    , tension
    (b-1)

    [B] [D][B]d S
    T

    where [B]= 0 1 ( x x ) 0 1 c1 and [D]= n 0 kn


    k 0

    ( y yc1 )

    1 0 ( y yc 2 ) ( x xc 2 )

    Meguro Lab., IIS

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