Dune-composites – A new framework for high-performance finite element modelling of laminates
- Submitting institution
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University of Exeter
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 2056
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.compstruct.2017.09.104
- Title of journal
- Composite Structures
- Article number
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- First page
- 269
- Volume
- 184
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 0263-8223
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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5
- Research group(s)
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G - Materials and Manufacturing
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This paper develops a novel bespoke parallel solver for composite structural analysis. Implemented as an open-source solver, the method demonstrates excellent parallel scalability with run times of 2 minutes on 2048 cores for problems with 172 million degrees of freedom. This research has enabled numerical studies at scales not previously possible with implicit solvers in commercial packages. Industry including GKN, Boeing, Airbus and ABAQUS have identified the huge potential of these new numerical methods, leading to the funding of two large EPSRC grants EP/N024354/1 & EP/K031368/1 to take these methods forward closer to be exploited in industry.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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