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Edge-Based Interface Elements for Solution of Three- Dimensional Geomechanical Problems

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An edge-based three-dimensional interface element for simulation of joints, faults and other discontinuities present in several geomechanical applications is proposed. Edge-based data structures are used to improve computational efficiency of Inexact Newton methods for solving finite element nonlinear problems on unstructured meshes. Numerical experiments in the solution of three-dimensional problems in cache based and vector processors have shown that memory and computer time are reduced.

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  1. Center for Parallel Computing and Department of Civil Engineering, COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, PO Box 68506, 21945-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Rubens M. Sydenstricker, Marcos A. D. Martins, Alvaro L. G. A. Coutinho & José L. D. Alves

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  1. Faculdade de Engenharia da, Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

    José M. L. M. Palma  & A. Augusto Sousa  & 

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee, 37996-1301, Knoxville, TN, USA

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  3. Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera, s/n, Apartado 22012, 46020, Valencia, Spain

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Sydenstricker, R.M., Martins, M.A.D., Coutinho, A.L.G.A., Alves, J.L.D. (2003). Edge-Based Interface Elements for Solution of Three- Dimensional Geomechanical Problems. In: Palma, J.M.L.M., Sousa, A.A., Dongarra, J., Hernández, V. (eds) High Performance Computing for Computational Science — VECPAR 2002. VECPAR 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2565. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36569-9_4

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