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Error in eccentric beam formulation
Author(s) -
Gupta Ajaya K.,
Ma Paul S.
Publication year - 1977
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.1620110910
Subject(s) - eccentricity (behavior) , beam (structure) , eccentric , displacement field , displacement (psychology) , stiffness matrix , finite element method , stiffness , structural engineering , matrix (chemical analysis) , mathematics , field (mathematics) , physics , mathematical analysis , geometry , engineering , materials science , political science , pure mathematics , law , composite material , psychology , psychotherapist
When the stiffness matrix of a beam element is transformed linearly to account for eccentricity with respect to the plate it is attached to, an incompatibility in the axial displacement field is introduced. The nature of the error so introduced is discussed.