Computation of super-convergent nodal stresses of timoshenko beam elements by EEP method

The newly proposed element energy projection (EEP) method has been applied to the computation of super-convergent nodal stresses of Timoshenko beam elements. Generalformul as based on element projection theorem were derived and illustrative numerical examples using two typical elements were given. Both the analysis and examples show that EEP method also works very well for the problems with vector function solutions. The EEP method gives super-convergent nodal stresses, which are well comparable to the nodal displacements in terms of both convergence rate and error magnitude. And in addition, it can overcome the “ shear locking“ difficulty for stresses even when the displacements are badly affected. This research paves the way for application of the EEP method to general onedimensional systems of ordinary differential equations.     

A NEW SPATIAL THIN-WALLED BEAM ELEMENT INCLUDING TRANSVERSE AND TORSIONAL SHEAR DEFORMATION

基于Timoshenko梁及Benscoter薄壁杆件理论,建立了考虑剪切变形、弯扭耦合以及翘曲剪应力影响的空间任意开闭口薄壁截面梁单元. 通过引入单元内部结点,对弯曲转角和翘曲角采用三节点Lagrange独立插值的方法,考虑了剪切变形和翘曲剪应力的影响并避免了横向剪切锁死问题;借助载荷作用下薄壁梁的截面运动分析,在位移和应变方程中考虑了弯扭耦合的影响. 通过数值算例将该单元的计算结果与理论解以及商用有限元软件和其他文献中的数值解进行对比和验证,结果对比表明该薄壁梁单元具有良好的精度和收敛性.     

平面广义四节点等参元GQ4及其性能探讨

广义节点有限元是将传统有限元方法中的节点广义化,在不增加节点个数的前提下,仅通过提高广义节点的插值函数的阶次,从而达到提高有限元解精度的目的.与现有的p型和hp型有限元不同,在这种新的有限元中,节点自由度全部定义在节点处,在理论与程序实现上与传统有限元方法具有很好的相容性,传统有限元方法是这种新方法的广义节点退化为0阶时的特殊情形.文中主要讨论了这一新方法的四节点等参元（记为GQ4）的形式.对GQ4进行的各种数值试验表明,所发展的广义四节点等参单元具有精度高且无剪切自锁与体积自锁等的特点.     

Transient wave analysis of a cantilever Timoshenko beam subjected to impact loading by Laplace transform and normal mode methods

This study applies two analytical approaches, Laplace transform and normal mode methods, to investigate the dynamic transient response of a cantilever Timoshenko beam subjected to impact forces. Explicit solutions for the normal mode method and the Laplace transform method are presented. The Durbin method is used to perform the Laplace inverse transformation, and numerical results based on these two approaches are compared. The comparison indicates that the normal mode method is more efficient than the Laplace transform method in the transient response analysis of a cantilever Timoshenko beam, whereas the Laplace transform method is more appropriate than the normal mode method when analyzing the complicated multi-span Timoshenko beam. Furthermore, a three-dimensional finite element cantilever beam model is implemented. The results are compared with the transient responses for displacement, normal stress, shear stress, and the resonant frequencies of a Timoshenko beam and Bernoulli–Euler beam theories. The transient displacement response for a cantilever beam can be appropriately evaluated using the Timoshenko beam theory if the slender ratio is greater than 10 or using the Bernoulli–Euler beam theory if the slender ratio is greater than 100. Moreover, the resonant frequency of a cantilever beam can be accurately determined by the Timoshenko beam theory if the slender ratio is greater than 100 or by the Bernoulli–Euler beam theory if the slender ratio is greater than 400.     

An efficient procedure to find shape functions and stiffness matrices of nonprismatic Euler–Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam elements

Nonprismatic beam modeling is an important issue in structural engineering, not only for versatile applicability the tapered beams do have in engineering structures, but also for their unique potential to simulate different kinds of material or geometrical variations such as crack appearing or spreading of plasticity along the beam. In this paper, a new procedure is proposed to find the exact shape functions and stiffness matrices of nonprismatic beam elements for the Euler–Bernoulli and Timoshenko formulations. The variations dealt with here include both tapering and abrupt jumps in section parameters along the beam element. The proposed procedure has found a simple structure, due to two special approaches: The separation of rigid body motions, which do not store strain energy, from other strain states, which store strain energy, and finding strain interpolating functions rather than the shape functions which suffer complex representation. Strain interpolating functions involve low-order polynomials and can suitably track the variations along the beam element. The proposed procedure is implemented to model nonprismatic Euler–Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam elements, and is verified by different numerical examples.     

局部有限元模型边界条件的直接传递方法

提出一种将整体分析得到的节点力或节点位移直接传递到精细化局部有限元模型的方法,即部分混合单元法。沿精细化局部有限元模型周边建立一组过渡单元,该组过渡单元采用与整体模型一致的单元类型和模拟方式,其外侧边界上的节点与整体模型节点的相对坐标对应,内侧边界与精细化局部有限元模型采用基于面约束的方式连接。在外侧边界上根据节点坐标对应施加整体分析获得的节点力或节点位移,过渡单元就可直接将边界条件传递到精细化局部有限元模型。通过贵州红水河特大桥钢-混结合段的精细化有限元分析,验证了本文方法的实用性和有效性。     

含铰接杆系结构几何非线性分析子结构方法

将细长杆系结构按长度方向划分为多个子结构,由于在子结构坐标系下的节点位移均是小位移,可以将子结构内部自由度凝聚到边界. 考虑到子结构端面在变形过程中保持为刚性截面,将端面节点自由度进一步凝聚到端面形心点,这样每一个子结构就减缩成形式上只有两个节点的广义梁单元,大大减缩了自由度. 大位移大转动是细长杆系结构产生几何非线性效应的一个重要原因,基于共旋坐标法,建立了随单元一起运动的随动坐标系,推导了子结构单元的节点力平衡方程及其切线刚度阵. 同时,考虑到工程机械中细长杆系结构含有相互铰接的刚体加强块,给出了非独立自由度节点力转换到独立参数下的广义节点力及其导数. 最后,通过履带式起重机的副臂工况算例,给出了其在不同载荷下的臂架结构位移,验证了方法的正确性.      

Surface and non-local effects for non-linear analysis of Timoshenko beams

In this paper, we present a non-local non-linear finite element formulation for the Timoshenko beam theory. The proposed formulation also takes into consideration the surface stress effects. Eringen׳s non-local differential model has been used to rewrite the non-local stress resultants in terms of non-local displacements. Geometric non-linearities are taken into account by using the Green–Lagrange strain tensor. A C⁰ beam element with three degrees of freedom has been developed. Numerical solutions are obtained by performing a non-linear analysis for bending and free vibration cases. Simply supported and clamped boundary conditions have been considered in the numerical examples. A parametric study has been performed to understand the effect of non-local parameter and surface stresses on deflection and vibration characteristics of the beam. The solutions are compared with the analytical solutions available in the literature. It has been shown that non-local effect does not exist in the nano-cantilever beam (Euler–Bernoulli beam) subjected to concentrated load at the end. However, there is a significant effect of non-local parameter on deflections for other load cases such as uniformly distributed load and sinusoidally distributed load (Cheng et al. (2015) [10]). In this work it has been shown that for a cantilever beam with concentrated load at free end, there is definitely a dependency on non-local parameter when Timoshenko beam theory is used. Also the effect of local and non-local boundary conditions has been demonstrated in this example. The example has also been worked out for other loading cases such as uniformly distributed force and sinusoidally varying force. The effect of the local or non-local boundary conditions on the end deflection in all these cases has also been brought out.     

Theoretical analysis of transient waves in a simply-supported Timoshenko beam by ray and normal mode methods

The dynamic transient responses of a simply-supported Timoshenko beam subjected to an impact force are investigated by two theoretical approaches – ray and normal mode methods. The mathematical methodology proposed in this study for the ray method enable us to construct the solution for the interior source problem and to extend to solve the complicated problem for the multi span of the Timoshenko beam. Numerical results based on these two approaches are compared. The comparison in this study indicates that the normal mode method is more computationally efficient than the ray method except for very short time after the impact. The long-time transient responses are easily calculated using the normal mode method. It is shown that the average long-time transient response converges to the corresponding static value. The Timoshenko beam theory is more accurate than the Bernoulli–Euler beam theory because it includes shear and rotary inertia. This study also provides the slender ratio for which the Bernoulli–Euler beam can be used for the transient-response analysis of the displacement. Moreover, the resonant frequencies obtained from finite element calculation based on the three-dimensional model are compared with the results calculated using the Timoshenko beam and Bernoulli–Euler beam theories. It is noted in this study that the resonant frequency can be accurately determined by the Timoshenko beam theory if the slender ratio is larger than 100, and by the Bernoulli–Euler beam theory if the slender ratio is larger than 400.     

Exact solution of 3D Timoshenko beam problem: problem-dependent formulation

Problem-dependent interpolation functions for displacements and rotations are obtained from the exact analytical solution of the 3D Timoshenko beam problem by introducing a full set of boundary conditions. The developed methodology allows us to derive a new solution that coincides with the classical result of the engineering beam theory. In addition, the proposed interpolation enables exact strain recovery at any point within the problem domain.     

A p-TYPE SUPERCONVERGENT RECOVERY METHOD FOR FE ELASTIC STABILITY ANALYSIS OF EULER BEAMS1)

本文将有限元p型超收敛算法应用于欧拉梁弹性稳定分析。该法基于有限元解答中失稳载荷和失稳模态结点位移的超收敛特性,建立了单元上失稳模态近似满足的线性常微分方程边值问题,在每个单元上,对该边值问题采用一个高次元进行求解,获得失稳模态的超收敛解,再将失稳模态的超收敛解代入瑞利商的解析表达式,最终获得失稳载荷的超收敛解。该法思路简明,通过少量计算即可显著提高失稳载荷和失稳模态的精度与收敛阶。数值算例表明,该法高效、可靠,值得进一步研究和推广到各类杆系结构。     

Exact buckling solution for two-layer Timoshenko beams with interlayer slip

This paper deals with the buckling behavior of two-layer shear-deformable beams with partial interaction. The Timoshenko kinematic hypotheses are considered for both layers and the shear connection (no uplift is permitted) is represented by a continuous relationship between the interface shear flow and the corresponding slip. A set of differential equations is obtained from a general 3D bifurcation analysis, using the above assumptions. Original closed-form analytical solutions of the buckling load and mode of the composite beam under axial compression are derived for various boundary conditions. The new expressions of the critical loads are shown to be consistent with the ones corresponding to the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory, when transverse shear stiffnesses go to infinity. The proposed analytical formulae are validated using 2D finite element computations. Parametric analyses are performed, especially including the limiting cases of perfect bond and no bond. The effect of shear flexibility is particularly emphasized.     

Non-local finite element analysis of damped beams

Non-local viscoelastic beam models are used to analyse the dynamics of beams with different boundary conditions using the finite element method. Unlike local damping models the internal force of the non-local model is obtained as weighted average of state variables over a spatial domain via convolution integrals with spatial kernel functions that depend on a distance measure. In the finite element analysis, the interpolating shape functions of the element displacement field are identical to those of standard two-node beam elements. However, for non-local damping, nodes remote from the element do have an effect on the energy expressions, and hence on the damping matrix. The expressions of these direct and cross damping matrices may be obtained explicitly for some common spatial kernel functions and Euler–Bernoulli beam theory. Alternatively numerical integration may be applied to obtain solutions. Examples are given where the eigenvalues are compared to the exact solution for a pinned–pinned beam to demonstrate the convergence of the finite element method. The results for beams with other boundary conditions are used to demonstrate the versatility of the finite element technique.     

从一个怪例看细长梁理论的基本假定

分别采用欧拉和铁木辛柯梁理论分析了均匀分布力偶作用下的两端固支等截面匀质细长 梁, 并通过ABAQUS有限元分析了一个实例, 验证了铁木辛柯梁理论分析的结果. 对比证明在 这种载荷及边界条件下即使细长梁, 也必须考虑剪切效应的影响.     

Prediction of buckling characteristics of carbon nanotubes

In this paper, to investigate the buckling characteristics of carbon nanotubes, an equivalent beam model is first constructed. The molecular mechanics potentials in a C–C covalent bond are transformed into the form of equivalent strain energy stored in a three dimensional (3D) virtual beam element connecting two carbon atoms. Then, the equivalent stiffness parameters of the beam element can be estimated from the force field constants of the molecular mechanics theory. To evaluate the buckling loads of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, the effects of van-der Waals forces are further modeled using a newly proposed rod element. Then, the buckling characteristics of nanotubes can be easily obtained using a 3D beam and rod model of the traditional finite element method (FEM). The results of this numerical model are in good agreement with some previous results, such as those obtained from molecular dynamics computations. This method, designated as molecular structural mechanics approach, is thus proved to be an efficient means to predict the buckling characteristics of carbon nanotubes. Moreover, in the case of nanotubes with large length/diameter, the validity of Euler’s beam buckling theory and a shell model with the proper material properties defined from the results of present 3D FEM beam model is investigated to reduce the computational cost. The results of these simple theoretical models are found to agree well with the existing experimental results.     

弹性地基上Timoshenko梁的精确数值解

研究了弹性地基上Timoshenko梁的高精度有限元分析方法,利用控制微分方程的基本解建立了单元形函数,提出了弹性地基上Timoshenko梁分析的Trefftz单元。通过对引入的非节点自由度进行静力凝聚,得到的精确单元与常规单元具有相同的节点自由度。文中还讨论了有效降低计算过程中舍入误差的方法。算例结果表明,采用提出...     

深梁理论的研究现状与工程应用

综述了深梁理论、截面剪切修正系数计算理论、深梁线性与几何非线性有限元、深梁材料非线性分析、深梁振动理论、深梁稳定理论、箱梁结构分析中弯曲、剪力滞、畸变分析时考虑剪切变形影响的计算理论、钢腹板桥梁考虑剪切变形的研究成果、弹性地基深梁、深梁理论在工程结构中的应用等. 提出了杆系结构的静力、振动和稳定分析方法都可用Timoshenko 深梁理论进行重建和重写.