An implicit multi-time step integration method for structural dynamics problems

Abstract

A multi-time step integration algorithm is developed based on the trapezoidal rule time integration method for finite element equations of motion. This algorithm uses nodal groups to partition the mesh into subdomains that are updated with different time steps. A␣stability analysis of the method shows that the scheme retains the unconditionally stable behavior of the trapezoidal rule and conserves the same pseudo energy as the parent algorithm. Several numerical examples are used to verify the stability of the method and to investigate the accuracy of the scheme.