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A mixed finite volume formulation for determining the small strain deformation of incompressible materials
Author(s) -
Wheel M. A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1097-0207
pISSN - 0029-5981
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0207(19990430)44:12<1843::aid-nme566>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - compressibility , deformation (meteorology) , finite strain theory , volume (thermodynamics) , mechanics , finite element method , materials science , mathematics , geometry , structural engineering , physics , engineering , thermodynamics , composite material
A finite volume formulation for determining small strain deformations in incompressible materials is presented in detail. The formulation includes displacement and hydrostatic pressure variables. The displacement field varies linearly along and across each cell face. The hydrostatic pressure field associated with each face is uniform. The cells that discretize the structure are geometrically unrestricted, each cell can have an arbitrary number of faces. The formulation is tested on a number of linear elastic plane strain benchmark problems. This testing reveals that when meshes of multifaceted cells are employed to represent the structure then locking behaviour is exhibited, but when triangular cells are used then accurate predictions of the displacement and stress fields are produced. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.