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Finite element shakedown analysis of two‐dimensional structures
Author(s) -
Garcea Giovanni,
Armentano Giampaolo,
Petrolo Salvatore,
Casciaro Raffaele
Publication year - 2005
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/nme.1316
Subject(s) - shakedown , finite element method , plane stress , linearization , mathematics , mixed finite element method , plane (geometry) , structural engineering , stress (linguistics) , displacement (psychology) , mathematical analysis , geometry , engineering , nonlinear system , physics , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , quantum mechanics , psychotherapist
In the present paper, the formulation proposed by Casciaro and Garcea ( Comput. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng. , 2002; 191 :5761–5792) and applied to the shakedown analysis of plane frames, is extended to the analysis of two‐dimensional flat structures in both the cases of plane‐stress and plane‐strain. The discrete formulation is obtained using a mixed finite element in which both stress and displacement fields are interpolated. The material is assumed to be elasto‐plastic and a linearization of the elastic domain is performed. The result is a versatile iterative scheme well suited to implementation in general purpose FEM codes. An extensive series of numerical tests is presented showing the reliability of the proposed formulation. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.