ISSN:
0029-5981
Keywords:
Engineering
;
Engineering General
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
,
Technology
Notes:
For a linear elastic structure, the first variations of arbitrary stress, strain and displacement functionals were explicitly expressed in terms of variations of material stiffness parameters within specified domain, in References 1 and 2, by using the solutions for primary and adjoint systems. In this paper, explicit expressions for second variations are derived for the case when the material stiffness or compliance variations depend on a set of parameters. These expressions arc obtained in terms of variations of stiffness or compliance parameters by using the solutions of two additional sets of adjoint systems. Furthermore, the variation of local stress, strain or displacement is considered. Several illustrative examples are provided for the first- and second-order sensitivity analysis of beams.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.1620210405
