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A universal method for including shear deformation in thin plate elements
Author(s) -
Yuqiu Long,
Fei Xi
Publication year - 1992
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.1620340110
Subject(s) - shear (geology) , finite element method , bending of plates , element (criminal law) , basis (linear algebra) , structural engineering , plate theory , deformation (meteorology) , geometry , materials science , mathematics , engineering , composite material , political science , law , bending
A universal method which can be used to generalize thin plate elements to thick ones without adding any extra degree of freedom (DOF) is presented in this paper. To illustrate this method, a rectangular moderately thick plate element with 12 DOF is constructed on the basis of the well known thin plate ACM element. The element can be used in the analysis of both thin and thick plates. Shear locking is avoided.