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Analysis and optimal design of plates and shells under dynamic loads - I: Finite element and sensitivity analysis
In this paper we consider the development, integration, and application of reliable and efficient computational tools for the geometry modeling, mesh generation, structural analysis, and sensitivity analysis of variable-thickness plates and free-form shells under dynamic loads. A flexible shape-definition tool for surface modeling using Coons patches is considered to represent the shape and the thickness distribution of the structure, followed by an automatic mesh generator for structured meshes on the shell surface. Nine-node quadrilateral Mindlin-Reissner shell elements degenerated from 3D elements and with an assumed strain field, the so-called Huang-Hinton elements, are used for the FE discretization of the structure. The Newmark direct integration algorithm is used for the time discretization of the dynamic equilibrium equations for both the structural analysis and the semi-analytical (SA) sensitivity analysis. Alternatively, the sensitivities are computed by using the global finite difference (FD) method. Several examples are considered. In a companion paper, the tools presented here are combined with mathematical programming algorithms to form a robust and reliable structural optimization process to achieve better dynamic performance on the shell designs.
Analysis and optimal design of plates and shells under dynamic loads - I: Finite element and sensitivity analysis
In this paper we consider the development, integration, and application of reliable and efficient computational tools for the geometry modeling, mesh generation, structural analysis, and sensitivity analysis of variable-thickness plates and free-form shells under dynamic loads. A flexible shape-definition tool for surface modeling using Coons patches is considered to represent the shape and the thickness distribution of the structure, followed by an automatic mesh generator for structured meshes on the shell surface. Nine-node quadrilateral Mindlin-Reissner shell elements degenerated from 3D elements and with an assumed strain field, the so-called Huang-Hinton elements, are used for the FE discretization of the structure. The Newmark direct integration algorithm is used for the time discretization of the dynamic equilibrium equations for both the structural analysis and the semi-analytical (SA) sensitivity analysis. Alternatively, the sensitivities are computed by using the global finite difference (FD) method. Several examples are considered. In a companion paper, the tools presented here are combined with mathematical programming algorithms to form a robust and reliable structural optimization process to achieve better dynamic performance on the shell designs.
Analysis and optimal design of plates and shells under dynamic loads - I: Finite element and sensitivity analysis
Falco, S.A. (author) / Afonso, S.M.B. (author) / Vaz, L.E. (author)
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization ; 27 ; 189-196
2004
8 Seiten, 11 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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