Element-Independent Pure Deformational and Co-Rotational Methods for Triangular Shell Elements in Geometrically Nonlinear Analysis

Y. Q. Tang, Y. P. Liu, S. L. Chan

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Abstract

Proposed herein is a novel pure deformational method for triangular shell elements that can decrease the element quantities and simplify the element formulation. This approach has computational advantages over the conventional finite element method for linear and nonlinear problems. In the element level, this method saves time for computing stresses, internal forces and stiffness matrices. A flat shell element is formed by a membrane element and a plate element, so that the pure deformational membrane and plate elements are derived and discussed separately in this paper. Also, it is very convenient to incorporate the proposed pure deformational method into the element-independent co-rotational (EICR) framework for geometrically nonlinear analysis. Thus, on the basis of the pure deformational method, a novel EICR formulation is proposed which is simpler and has more clear physical characteristics than the traditional formulation. In addition, a triangular membrane element with drilling rotations and the discrete Kirchhoff triangular plate element are used to verify the proposed pure deformational method, although several benchmark problems are employed to verify the robustness and accuracy of the proposed EICR formulations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1850065
JournalInternational Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics
Volume18
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2018

Keywords

  • element-independent co-rotational formulation
  • geometrically nonlinear analysis
  • pure deformation
  • Triangular shell element

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics

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