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Title: An energy-based coupling approach to nonlocal interface problems

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1592829· OSTI ID:1592829
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  1. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Nonlocal models provide accurate representations of physical phenomena ranging from fracture mechanics to complex subsurface flows, where traditional partial differential equations fail to capture effects caused by long-range forces at the microscale and mesoscale. However, the application of nonlocal models to problems involving interfaces such as multimaterial simulations and fluid-structure interaction, is hampered by the lack of a rigorous nonlocal interface theory needed to support numerical developments. In this paper, we use an energy-based approach to develop a mathematically rigorous nonlocal interface theory which provides a physically consistent extension of the classical perfect interface PDE formulation. Numerical examples validate the proposed framework and demonstrate the scope of our theory.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000; SC0000230927; NA0003525
OSTI ID:
1592829
Report Number(s):
SAND-2020-0270R; 681770; TRN: US2102546
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English