Short Courses

Full day short courses listed below will be available on Monday, April  22.  Included in the fee is all instrutional material, morning and afternoon breaks and lunch.  The option to select a short course will be available during conference registration.

SC - PD01 - CANCELLED

Title: "Fast solutions for peridynamic models: coupling meshfree to FEM, and pseudo-spectral methods based on convolutions (FCBM and PeriFast)"

Instructors: Prof. Florin Bobaru (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) and Prof. Ugo Galvanetto (University of Padova, Italy)

Brief Description: Nonlocal models for fracture, for example, are known to be expensive to compute. In this course, two leading figures on peridynamic modeling of fracture will present two different approaches to speeding up computations: (1) Prof. Galvanetto will discuss coupling meshfree peridynamic discretization with finite element models, allowing one to follow the cracks adaptively and with significant efficiency gains compared with a full meshfree discretization, and (2) Prof. Bobaru will present the fast convolution-based method and the PeriFast code (free download from GitHub) for obtaining solutions to peridynamic models in dynamic brittle fracture and corrosion damage in 3D. Both topics will include a hands-on session in which participants will be setting up problems and running representative examples on single-processor machines, or on GPUs.  Participants will receive a full set of slides and links to download the software presented. 

Fee: $350

SC - PD02

Title: Coupling of peridynamic and finite element analyses in commercial software: Ansys and Abaqus

Instructors: E. Madenci, A. Barut, S.V. Anicode, Y. Zhang (University of Arizona)

Brief Description: This course presents a general framework to perform bond-based (BB), ordinary state-based (OSB) and nonordinary state-based (NOSB) peridynamic (PD) analysis coupled with traditional elements in commercial finite element (FE) framework, Ansys and Abaqus.  Its goal is to provide students, researchers and practicing engineers with a theoretical and practical knowledge to perform a coupled PD and FE analyses in Ansys or Abaqus.  In Ansys, the model generation is achieved via the Graphics User Interface (GUI) and macro (APDL) files.  In Abaqus, the model generation is achieved by using custom Python functions.  The solutions to certain problems are demonstrated in a step-by-step fashion.  The course material consists of the instructional material.

Fee: $350

SC  PD03 - CANCELLED

Title: The Peridynamic Theory of Solid Mechanics: Modeling, Computation, and Applications

Instructors:  Pablo Seleson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), John Foster (The University of Texas at Austin), David Littlewood (Sandia National Laboratories)

Brief Description: Peridynamics is a nonlocal reformulation of classical continuum mechanics, based on integral equations, suitable for material failure and damage simulation. In contrast to classical constitutive relations, peridynamic models do not require spatial differentiability assumptions of displacement fields, leading to a natural representation of material discontinuities such as cracks. Furthermore, peridynamic models possess length scales, making them suitable for multiscale modeling. This course will provide an overview of peridynamics, including its mathematical, computational, and modeling aspects. The course will also review advanced research topics and software in peridynamics, and it will include a hands-on tutorial on 3D simulation of solid mechanics problems.

Fee: $350