Nonlinear finite elements/Euler Bernoulli beams
< Nonlinear finite elementsEuler-Bernoulli Beam
![]() Euler-Bernoulli beam |
Displacements
Strains
Strain-Displacement Relations
The displacements
The derivatives
von Karman strains
The von Karman strains
Equilibrium Equations
Balance of forces
Stress Resultants
Constitutive Relations
Stress-Strain equation
Stress Resultant - Displacement relations
Extensional/Bending Stiffness
If is constant, and
-axis passes through centroid
Weak Forms
Axial Equation
where
Bending Equation
where
Finite Element Model
![]() Finite element model for Euler Bernoulli beam |
where .
Hermite Cubic Shape Functions
![]() Hermite shape functions for beam |
Finite Element Equations
where
Symmetric Stiffness Matrix
Load Vector
Newton-Raphson Solution
where
The residual is
For Newton iterations, we use the algorithm
where the tangent stiffness matrix is given by
Tangent Stiffness Matrix
Load Steps
Recall
- Divide load into small increments.
- Compute
and
for first load step,
![]() Stiffness of Euler-Bernoulli beam. |
- Compute
and
for second load step,
- Continue until F is reached.
Membrane Locking
Recall
where
![]() Mebrane locking in Euler-Bernoulli beam |
For Hinged-Hinged
Membrane strain:
or
Hence, shape functions should be such that
linear,
cubic
Element Locks!
Too stiff.
Selective Reduced Integration
- Assume
is linear ;~~
is cubic.
- Then
is constant, and
is quadratic.
- Try to keep
constant.
integrand is constant,
integrand is fourth-order ,
integrand is eighth-order
Full integration
Assume = constant.
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