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Finite-Element/Boundary-Element Coupling for Inflatables: Effective Contact Resolution

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The finite-element/boundary-element technique for inflatable structures has been utilized successfully for airbag simulations. Its virtues in resolving the complex contact problem in such cases have been demonstrated in 2D in van Opstal et al. (Comput. Mech. 50(6):779–788, 2012) and theoretically motivated in 3D in van Opstal et al. (Comput. Mech. Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng. 284:637–663, 2015). In this contribution, this is extended to a 3D test case, demonstrating the merits of this technique for real-world applications. Secondly, it is shown how this technique naturally fits into and greatly profits from an isogeometric setting.

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  1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    T. M. van Opstal

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  1. Department of Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

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van Opstal, T.M. (2016). Finite-Element/Boundary-Element Coupling for Inflatables: Effective Contact Resolution. In: Bazilevs, Y., Takizawa, K. (eds) Advances in Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow Simulation. Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40827-9_37

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