Dynamic analysis of partially prismatic thin-walled structures |
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Authors: | T. R. Graves Smith B. D. Walker |
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Affiliation: | Civil Engineering Department, Southampton University, Southampton, SO9 5NH, UK |
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Abstract: | A mixed-mode method is investigated for the dynamic analysis of partially prismatic structures, such as box girders with intermediate diaphragms and supports, or with variable-depth webs. Thus the prismatic ‘main structure’ is discretised by finite strips, and the non-prismatic ‘sub-structure’ by finite elements. After dynamic reduction of the finite element degrees of freedom, advantage may be taken of the finite strip harmonic expansions in determining mode shapes. The method is tested by a variety of examples. Thus for structures with transverse substructures (e.g. diaphragms), the method is shown to be successful, being up to an order of magnitude faster than finite elements. However, for structures with longitudinal substructures (e.g. variable-depth webs) the method is shown to be unreliable. This is because for such structures, approximations in the dynamic reduction procedure are found to be significant. |
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