Spectral approximation properties of isogeometric analysis with variable continuity

Abstract

We study the spectral approximation properties of isogeometric analysis with local continuity reduction of the basis. Such continuity reduction results in a reduction in the interconnection between the degrees of freedom of the mesh, which allows for large savings in computational requirements during the solution of the resulting linear system. The continuity reduction results in extra degrees of freedom that modify the approximation properties of the method. The convergence rate of such refined isogeometric analysis is equivalent to that of the maximum continuity basis. We show how the breaks in continuity and inhomogeneity of the basis lead to artefacts in the frequency spectra, such as stopping bands and outliers, and present a unified description of these effects in finite element method, isogeometric analysis, and refined isogeometric analysis. Accuracy of the refined isogeometric analysis approximations can be improved by using non-standard quadrature rules. In particular, optimal quadrature rules lead to large reductions in the eigenvalue errors and yield two extra orders of convergence similar to classical isogeometric analysis.

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