Stable implicit time-integration of flexible rotating structures—explanation for instabilities and concepts for avoidance

Abstract Instabilities occurring during the implicit time-integration are still handicapping a time-efficient solution of large FEM systems of equations. Especially the simulation of flexible rotating structures is barely mastered by implicit FEM codes. For this, the Newmark algorithm and related algorithms are used for many years. Here, we derive the reasons for the mentioned inevitable numerical issues and present concepts that lead to an efficient and stable solution.

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