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L Preprint 01-2007 Variational h-adaption in finite deformation elasticity and plasticity J. Mosler and M. Ortiz y g o l o n h c m e u T h f c o o e B t u y t t i i t s s r n e I This is a preprint of an article accepted by: v a i n i International Journal for Numerical Methods in n U r o Engineering (2007) r f h i l u a R C Variational h-adaption in finite deformation elasticity and plasticity J. Mosler ∗† M. Oritz∗ Institute of Mechanics Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories Ruhr University Bochum California Institute of Technology Universitatsstr. 150,D-44780 Bochum, Germany Pasadena, CA 91125, USA ¨ E-Mail: mosler@tm.bi.ruhr-uni-bochum.de E-Mail: ortiz@aero.caltech.edu SUMMARY We propose a variational h-adaption strategy in which the evolution of the mesh is driven directly by the governing minimum principle. This minimum principle is the principle of minimum potential en- ergy in the case of elastostatics; and a minimum principle for the incremental static problem of elasto- viscoplasticity. In particular, the mesh is refined locally when the resulting energy or incremental pseudo- energy released exceeds a certain threshold value. In order to avoid global recompu