QUADRATIC TRIANGULAR C0 PLATE BENDING ELEMENT

In this paper, a six-node triangular C⁰ plate bending element is developed by the assumed strain formulation. The sampled transverse shear strains in the element are chosen such that the latter has a favourable constraint index of shear locking and the strains are optimized with respect to a linear pure bending displacement/rotation field. It happens that the optimal strains are the mean strains along the element edges and medians. Numerical examples reveal that the element is free from shear locking and passes all the patch tests for plate bending elements. Moreover, the element accuracy is close to that of a state-of-the-art seven-node assumed strain element. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Mindlin板弯曲和振动分析的高阶杂交应力三角形单元

现有的Mindlin板单元只能通过零剪力分片检验,而不能通过非零常剪力分片检验。该文根据Reissner- Mindlin一阶剪切变形理论,基于余能原理,提出了一种高阶杂交应力六节点三角形Mindlin板单元。该单元特点是不仅能通过零剪力分片检验,而且能通过严格的非零常剪力增强型分片检验。构造单元时特别注意了单元边界位移以及域内应力的插值函数的选取。采用任意阶Timoshenko梁函数作为边界位移插值函数,应力插值函数选取为满足平衡方程的多项式。对不同厚度不同边界条件的方板进行弯曲和自由振动分析,质量矩阵采用集中质量阵。数值结果表明无论对薄板还是中厚板,该单元均是准确有效的。     

A cell‐based smoothed discrete shear gap method (CS‐FEM‐DSG3) based on the C0‐type higher‐order shear deformation theory for dynamic responses of Mindlin plates on viscoelastic foundations subjected to a moving sprung vehicle

A cell‐based smoothed discrete shear gap method (CS‐FEM‐DSG3) based on the first‐order shear deformation theory (FSDT) was recently proposed for static and dynamic analyses of Mindlin plates. In this paper, the CS‐FEM‐DSG3 is extended to the C⁰‐type higher‐order shear deformation plate theory (C⁰‐HSDT) and is incorporated with damping–spring systems for dynamic responses of Mindlin plates on viscoelastic foundations subjected to a moving sprung vehicle. At each time step of dynamic analysis, one four‐step procedure is performed including the following: (1) transformation of the weight of a four‐wheel vehicle into the sprung masses at wheels; (2) dynamic analysis of the sprung mass of wheels to determine the contact forces; (3) transformation of the contact forces into loads at nodes of plate elements; and (4) dynamic analysis of the plate elements on viscoelastic foundations. The accuracy and reliability of the proposed method are verified by comparing its numerical solutions with those of other available numerical results. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.