The Shifted Boundary Method in Isogeometric Analysis

This work presents a novel application of the Shifted Boundary Method (SBM) within the Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) framework, applying it to two-dimensional and three-dimensional Poisson problems with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. The SBM boundary condition imposition is achieved by means of a fully penalty-free formulation, eliminating the need for penalty calibration. The numerical experiments demonstrate how order elevation, coupled with SBM through higher-order Taylor expansions, consistently achieves optimal convergence rates. Additionally, analyzing the condition number of the problem matrix reveals that SBM, when integrated with IGA, effectively circumvents the small cut-cell problem, a common issue in numerical methods with unfitted boundaries.

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Author Guglielmo Scovazzi Civil and Environmental Engineering