Quadrilateral isoparametric finite elements for plane elastic Cosserat bodies＊

4-node, 8-node and 8(4)-node quadrilateral plane isoparametric elements are used for the solution of boundary value problems in linear isotropic Cosserat elasticity. The patch test is applied to validate the finite elements. Engineering problems of stress concentration around a circular hole in plane strain condition and mechanical behaviors of heterogeneous materials with rigid inclusions and pores are computed to test the accuracy and capability of these three types of finite elements.The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10225212, 50178016, 10421002) and the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University of China The English text was polished by Keren Wang.     

Comparative analysis of the two‐constant generalizations of hooke's law for isotropic elastic materials at finite strains

For ten models of the isothermal behavior of materials, the solutions of boundaryvalue problems are studied for five types of the experimentally reproducible uniform stress–strain state with unchanged directions of the principal axes. It is found that, for three models, the governing equations are similar to the relations of Hooke's law and valid within the same range of the ratio between the shear and bulk moduli. In these models, the specific strain energy can be represented as a sum of the energies due to changes in volume and shape. The ranges where the other three known models exhibit incorrect behavior are determined.     

Combined Galerkin spectral/finite difference method over graded meshes for the generalized nonlinear fractional Schrödinger equation

Nonlinear Dynamics - The main aim of this paper is to construct an efficient Galerkin–Legendre spectral approximation combined with a finite difference formula of L1 type to numerically solve...     

Strain gradient solution for a finite-domain Eshelby-type plane strain inclusion problem and Eshelby’s tensor for a cylindrical inclusion in a finite elastic matrix

A solution for the finite-domain Eshelby-type inclusion problem of a finite elastic body containing a plane strain inclusion prescribed with a uniform eigenstrain and a uniform eigenstrain gradient is derived in a general form using a simplified strain gradient elasticity theory (SSGET). The formulation is facilitated by an extended Betti’s reciprocal theorem and an extended Somigliana’s identity based on the SSGET and suitable for plane strain problems. The disturbed displacement field is obtained in terms of the SSGET-based Green’s function for an infinite plane strain elastic body, which differs from that in earlier studies using the three-dimensional Green’s function. The solution reduces to that of the infinite-domain inclusion problem when the boundary effect is suppressed. The problem of a cylindrical inclusion embedded concentrically in a finite plane strain cylindrical elastic matrix of an enhanced continuum is analytically solved for the first time by applying the general solution, with the Eshelby tensor and its average over the circular cross section of the inclusion obtained in closed forms. This Eshelby tensor, being dependent on the position, inclusion size, matrix size, and a material length scale parameter, captures the inclusion size and boundary effects, unlike existing ones. It reduces to the classical elasticity-based Eshelby tensor for the cylindrical inclusion in an infinite matrix if both the strain gradient and boundary effects are not considered. Numerical results quantitatively show that the inclusion size effect can be quite large when the inclusion is very small and that the boundary effect can dominate when the inclusion volume fraction is very high. However, the inclusion size effect is diminishing with the increase of the inclusion size, and the boundary effect is vanishing as the inclusion volume fraction becomes sufficiently low.