ISSN:
0029-5981
Keywords:
Engineering
;
Engineering General
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
,
Technology
Notes:
The mode of collapse in many metallic shells is, oftentimes, one of localized collapse, wherein severe plastic deformation and high displacement gradients are localized within some region. The combined material and geometric non-linearity emanating from this local region is the predominant cause of instability in shells of revolution. In such a situation a local-global strategy is very useful for an efficient analysis. This strategy consists of employing two dimensional degenerated isoparametric shell elements with non-linear capability in a well defined 'local' zone where all the non-linearities are expected to be localized and which also contains some form of local deviation from axisymmetry such as a circumferential imperfection, cutouts, cracks, etc. Linear elastic ring type elements are employed in the remaining axisymmetric zone and the two zones are linked through a transformation between the degrees of freedom involved. The solution of the non-linear problem is achieved by appropriate condensation procedures to reduce the number of active degrees of freedom and the load incrementation is achieved by the well known 'arc length' iterative procedure. Numerical exampies are presented to demonstrate that this strategy is very efficient and accurate for problems with well defined non-linear local zones. The capability of this strategy for treating problems with local material discontinuities such as cracks, cutouts, etc. as an efficient alternative to a complete two dimensional discretization is pointed out.
Additional Material:
17 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.1620350602
