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A functional for shells of arbitrary geometry and a mixed finite element method for parabolic and circular cylindrical shells

✍ Scribed by A. Y. Aköz; A. Özütok

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
522 KB
Volume
47
Category
Article
ISSN
0029-5981

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✦ Synopsis

In this study a higher-order shell theory is proposed for arbitrary shell geometries which allows the cross-section to rotate with respect to the middle surface and to warp into a non-planar surface. This new kinematic assumption satis"es the shear-free surface boundary condition (BC) automatically. A new internal force expression is obtained based on this kinematic assumption. A new functional for arbitrary shell geometries is obtained employing Ga( teaux di!erential method. During this variational process the BC is constructed and introduced to the functional in a systematic way. Two di!erent mixed elements PRSH52 and CRSH52 are derived for parabolic and circular cylindrical shells, respectively, using the new functional. The element does not su!er from shear locking. The excellent performance of the new elements is veri"ed by applying the method to some test problems.

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