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Finite element (FE) is a powerful tool and has been applied by investigators to real-time hybrid simulations (RTHSs). This study focuses on the computational efficiency, including the computational time and accuracy, of numerical integrations in solving FE numerical substructure in RTHSs. First, sparse matrix storage schemes are adopted to decrease the computational time of FE numerical substructure. In this way, the task execution time (TET) decreases such that the scale of the numerical substructure model increases. Subsequently, several commonly used explicit numerical integration algorithms, including the central difference method (CDM), the Newmark explicit method, the Chang method and the Gui-λ method, are comprehensively compared to evaluate their computational time in solving FE numerical substructure. CDM is better than the other explicit integration algorithms when the damping matrix is diagonal, while the Gui-λ (λ = 4) method is advantageous when the damping matrix is non-diagonal. Finally, the effect of time delay on the computational accuracy of RTHSs is investigated by simulating structure-foundation systems. Simulation results show that the influences of time delay on the displacement response become obvious with the mass ratio increasing, and delay compensation methods may reduce the relative error of the displacement peak value to less than 5% even under the large time-step and large time delay.
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The authors greatly appreciate the financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 51639006 and 51725901.
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Supported by: National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 51639006 and 51725901
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Wang, J., Lu, L. & Zhu, F. Efficiency analysis of numerical integrations for finite element substructure in real-time hybrid simulation. Earthq. Eng. Eng. Vib. 17, 73–86 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-018-0426-0
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