The Peridigm Meshfree Peridynamics Code

David J. Littlewood, Michael L. Parks, John T. Foster, John A. Mitchell, Patrick Diehl

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Abstract

Peridigm is a meshfree peridynamics code written in C++ for use on large-scale parallel computers. It was originally developed at Sandia National Laboratories and is currently managed as an open-source, community driven software project. Its primary features include bond-based, state-based, and non-ordinary state-based constitutive models, bond failure laws, contact, and support for explicit and implicit time integration. To date, Peridigm has been used primarily by methods developers focused on solid mechanics and material failure. Peridigm utilizes foundational software components from Sandia’s Trilinos project and was designed for extensibility. This paper provides an overview of the solution methods implemented in Peridigm, a discussion of its software infrastructure, and demonstrates the use of Peridigm for the solution of several example problems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)118-148
Number of pages31
JournalJournal of Peridynamics and Nonlocal Modeling
Volume6
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2024

Funding

David Littlewood, Michael Parks, and John Mitchell acknowledge funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program and the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program at Sandia National Laboratories. Patrick Diehl acknowledges funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Phylanx project award #1737785. Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA0003525. This paper describes objective technical results and analysis. Any subjective views or opinions that might be expressed in the paper do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Department of Energy or the United States Government.

Keywords

  • Meshfree methods
  • Open source software
  • Peridynamics

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