Special Issue on Isogeometric Analysis

Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) has emerged over the past two decades as an important and powerful design-through-analysis methodology based on a synthesis of Computer Aided Geometry (CAD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) technologies. IGA, introduced in the FEA community, establishes a fundamental link with CAD geometry by using the geometric basis directly as the basis for analysis. Consequently, the finite element mesh is an exact representation of the geometry in IGA. This approach has the potential to entirely eliminate geometry clean-up, feature removal steps, and traditional mesh generation. Indeed, a prime motivation for the development of IGA is to simplify the process of building detailed analysis models for complex engineering systems from CAD representations, a major bottleneck in the overall engineering process. However, IGA has also been observed to provide more accurate and robust numerical results than FEA in a wide range of application areas, including fluids and turbulence, fluid-structure interaction, structural and vibration analysis, plates and shells, and large deformation structural analysis.

In this special issue, we welcome papers that advance the state of IGA from participants of the 10th International Conference on Isogeometric Analysis held from November 6-9, 2022 in Banff, Canada. We especially welcome contributions focused on the following topical areas:

• Mathematical Foundations of IGA

• Adaptive and Unstructured Spline Technologies

• Fast Formation and Solution Techniques

• Boundary Element Methods

• Design Space Exploration, Optimization, and Solution Techniques

• Industrial Applications of IGA

• IGA for Biomedical Applications

• IGA for Solids and Structures

• IGA for Fluids and Fluid-Structure Interaction

• New Emerging Frontiers of IGA