GENERALIZED VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES WITH SEVERAL ARBITRARY PARAMETERS AND THE VARIABLE SUBSTITUTION AND MULTIPLIER METHOD

The functional transformations of variational principles in elasticity are classified asthree patterns:Ⅰ relaxation pattern,Ⅱ augmented pattern and Ⅲ equivalent pattern.On the basis of pattern Ⅲ,the generalized variational principles with several arbitraryparameters are formulated and their functionals are defined They are:the generalizedprinciple of single variable u with several parameters,the generalized principle of twovariables u,σ with several parameters,the generalized principle of two variables u,εwith several parameters,and the generalized principle of three veriables u,ε.σ withseveral parameters.From these principles,a series of new forms of equivalent functionalscan be obtained.When the values of these parameters are properly chosen.a series of finiteelement models can be formulated.In this paper,the question of losing effectiveness for Lagrange multiplier method isalso discussed.In order to“recover”effectiveness for multiplier method,a modifiedmethod,namely,the variable substitutio