An adaptive multi-grid peridynamic method for dynamic fracture analysis

The standard way of implementing Peridynamics is a meshfree approach which uses a uniform discretization. This is inefficient when a very dense grid spacing for a localized area is required. In this paper, a radically new strategy to couple grids with different spacing is put forward. It is free of ghost forces in static cases and spurious waves in dynamic problems can be controlled and made negligible thanks to proper discretization. There is...