Conforming shear-locking-free four-node rectangular finite element of moderately thick plate
An outline of the modified Mindlin plate theory, which deals with bending deflection as a single variable, is presented. Shear deflection and cross-section rotation angles are functions of bending deflection. A new four-node rectangular finite element of moderately thick plate is formulated by utili...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/jmbm-2017-0001 |
| Summary: | An outline of the modified Mindlin plate theory, which deals with bending deflection as a single variable, is presented. Shear deflection and cross-section rotation angles are functions of bending deflection. A new four-node rectangular finite element of moderately thick plate is formulated by utilizing the modified Mindlin theory. Shape functions of total (bending+shear) deflections are defined as a product of the Timshenko beam shape functions in the plate longitudinal and transversal direction. The bending and shear stiffness matrices, and translational and rotary mass matrices are specified. In this way conforming and shear-locking-free finite element is obtained. Numerical examples of plate vibration analysis, performed for various combinations of boundary conditions, show high level of accuracy and monotonic convergence of natural frequencies to analytical values. The new finite element is superior to some sophisticated finite elements incorporated in commercial software. |
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| ISSN: | 0334-8938 2191-0243 |