A cell-based smoothed discrete shear gap method using triangular elements for static and free vibration analyses of Reissner-Mindlin plates

2012 ◽  
Vol 91 (7) ◽  
pp. 705-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Nguyen-Thoi ◽  
P. Phung-Van ◽  
H. Nguyen-Xuan ◽  
C. Thai-Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Free Vibration ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Triangular Elements ◽  
Discrete Shear Gap

Static and Free Vibration Analysis of Stiffened Flat Shells by a Cell-Based Smoothed Discrete Shear Gap Method (CS-FEM-DSG3) Using Three-Node Triangular Elements

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (06) ◽  
pp. 1850056 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Nguyen-Thoi ◽  
T. Bui-Xuan ◽  
G. R. Liu ◽  
T. Vo-Duy
Keyword(s):  
Free Vibration ◽  
Vibration Analysis ◽  
Free Vibration Analysis ◽  
Beam Element ◽  
Triangular Element ◽  
Plate Element ◽  
Smoothing Technique ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Triangular Elements ◽  
Discrete Shear Gap

A cell-based smoothed discrete shear gap method (CS-FEM-DSG3) using three-node triangular element was recently proposed for static, free vibration and buckling analyses of stiffened Mindlin plates. The CS-FEM-DSG3 element is a significant improvement of the original DSG3 element by using smoothing technique to soften the stiffness of the DSG3 element while it has still inherited the locking-free feature of the former. In this paper, the CS-FEM-DSG3 is further extended for the static and free vibration analyses of stiffened flat shells by combining the original plate element CS-FEM-DSG3 with Allman’s plane stress element and a linearly isotropic two-node stiffened beam element. The compatibility of displacement field of stiffeners and shell is applied at the contact positions. Numerical results of the proposed element are compared with those of some existing methods to demonstrate the accuracy and reliability of the proposed method.

scholarly journals A Gradient Stable Node-Based Smoothed Discrete Shear Gap Method for Analysis of Reissner–Mindlin Plates

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Yadong Xu ◽  
Guangsong Chen ◽  
Jinsong Tang
Keyword(s):  
Variational Principle ◽  
Free Vibration ◽  
Weak Form ◽  
Stable Node ◽  
Shear Locking ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
System Equations ◽  
Triangular Elements ◽  
Discrete Shear Gap ◽  
Transverse Shear Locking

In this paper, a gradient stable node-based smoothed discrete shear gap method (GS-DSG) using 3-node triangular elements is presented for Reissner–Mindlin plates in elastic-static, free vibration, and buckling analyses fields. By applying the smoothed Galerkin weak form, the discretized system equations are obtained. In order to carry out the smoothing operation and numerical integration, the smoothing domain associated with each node is defined. The modified smoothed strain with gradient information is derived from the Hu–Washizu three-field variational principle, resulting in the stabilization terms in the system equations. The stabilized discrete shear gap method is also applied to avoid transverse shear-locking problem. Several numerical examples are provided to illustrate the accuracy and effectiveness. The results demonstrate that the presented method is free of shear locking and can overcome the temporal instability issues, simultaneously obtaining excellent solutions.

Static and Free Vibration Analyses of Functionally Graded Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Composite Plates using CS-DSG3

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. 1850133 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Truong-Thi ◽  
T. Vo-Duy ◽  
V. Ho-Huu ◽  
T. Nguyen-Thoi
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Free Vibration ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Composite Plates ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
Triangular Element ◽  
Reinforced Composite ◽  
Strain Smoothing ◽  
Discrete Shear Gap

This study presents an extension of the cell-based smoothed discrete shear gap method (CS-DSG3) using three-node triangular elements for the static and free vibration analyses of carbon nanotube reinforced composite (CNTRC) plates. The single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are assumed to be uniformly distributed (UD) and functionally graded (FG) distributed along the thickness direction. The material properties of carbon nanotube-reinforced composite plates are estimated according to the rule of mixture. The governing equations are developed based on the first-order shear deformation plate theory (FSDT). In the CS-DSG3, each triangular element will be divided into three sub-triangles, and in each sub-triangle, the stabilized discrete shear gap method is used to compute the strains and to avoid the transverse shear locking. Then the strain smoothing technique on the whole triangular element is used to smooth the strains on these three sub-triangles. Effects of several parameters, such as the different distribution of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), nanotube volume fraction, boundary condition and width-to-thickness ratio of plates are investigated. In addition, the effect of various orientation angles of CNTs is also examined in detail. The accuracy and reliability of the proposed method are verified by comparing its numerical solutions with those of other available results in the literature.

scholarly journals An ES-MITC3 Finite Element Method Based on Higher-Order Shear Deformation Theory for Static and Free Vibration Analyses of FG Porous Plates Reinforced by GPLs

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
The-Van Tran ◽  
Tuan-Duy Tran ◽  
Quoc Hoa Pham ◽  
Trung Nguyen-Thoi ◽  
Van Ke Tran
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Method ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Free Vibration ◽  
Mass Density ◽  
Shear Deformation Theory ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
Dispersion Pattern ◽  
Strain Smoothing ◽  
Triangular Elements ◽  
Element Method

An edge-based smoothed finite element method (ES-FEM) combined with the mixed interpolation of tensorial components technique (MITC) for triangular elements, named as ES-MITC3, was recently proposed to enhance the accuracy of the original MITC3 for analysis of plates and shells. In this study, the ES-MITC3 is extended to the static and vibration analysis of functionally graded (FG) porous plates reinforced by graphene platelets (GPLs). In the ES-MITC3, the stiffness matrices are obtained by using the strain smoothing technique over the smoothing domains created by two adjacent triangular elements sharing an edge. The effective material properties are variable through the thickness of plates including Young’s modulus estimated via the Halpin–Tsai model and Poisson’s ratio and the mass density according to the rule of mixture. Three types of porosity distributions and GPL dispersion pattern into the metal matrix are examined. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the performance of the present approach in comparison with other existing methods. Furthermore, the effect of several parameters such as GPL weight fraction, porosity coefficient, porosity distribution, and GPL dispersion patterns on the static and free vibration responses of FG porous plates is discussed in detail.

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