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Fokker-Planck linearization for non-Gaussian stochastic elastoplastic finite elements

Karapiperis, Konstantinos  
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Sett, Kallol
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Levent Kavvas, M.
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August 1, 2016
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Presented here is a finite element framework for the solution of stochastic elastoplastic boundary value problems with non-Gaussian parametric uncertainty. The framework relies upon a stochastic Galerkin formulation, where the stiffness random field is decomposed using a multidimensional polynomial chaos expansion. At the constitutive level, a Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov (FPK) plasticity framework is utilized, under the assumption of small strain kinematics. A linearization procedure is developed that serves to update the polynomial chaos coefficients of the expanded random stiffness in the elastoplastic regime, leading to a nonlinear least-squares optimization problem. The proposed framework is illustrated in a static shear beam example of elastic-perfectly plastic as well as isotropic hardening material.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.cma.2016.05.001
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84971420369

Author(s)
Karapiperis, Konstantinos  

University of California, Davis

Sett, Kallol

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Levent Kavvas, M.

College of Engineering

Jeremić, Boris

College of Engineering

Date Issued

2016-08-01

Published in
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Volume

307

Start page

451

End page

469

Subjects

Elastoplasticity

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Fokker-Planck equation

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Linearization

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Non-Gaussian

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Polynomial chaos

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Stochastic finite elements

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REVIEWED

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OTHER

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Non-EPFL  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of California, Davis

National Science Foundation

1200702

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