Using the concept of the base forces, a new finite element method （base force element method, BFEM） based on the complementary energy principle is presented for accurate modeling of structures with large displacemen...Using the concept of the base forces, a new finite element method （base force element method, BFEM） based on the complementary energy principle is presented for accurate modeling of structures with large displacements and large rotations. First, the complementary energy of an element is described by taking the base forces as state variables, and is then separated into deformation and rotation parts for the case of large deformation. Second, the control equations of the BFEM based on the complementary energy principle are derived using the Lagrange multiplier method. Nonlinear procedure of the BFEM is then developed. Finally, several examples are analyzed to illustrate the reliability and accuracy of the BFEM.展开更多
Using the concept of base forces as state variables,a new finite element method-the base force element method (BFEM) on complementary energy principle for linear elasticity problems is presented.Firstly,an explicit ex...Using the concept of base forces as state variables,a new finite element method-the base force element method (BFEM) on complementary energy principle for linear elasticity problems is presented.Firstly,an explicit expression of compliance matrix for an element is derived through base forces by dyadic vectors.Then,the explicit control equations of finite element method of complementary energy principle are derived using Lagrange multiplier method.Thereafter,the base forces element procedure for linear elasticity is developed.Finally,several examples are analyzed to illustrate the reliability and accuracy of the formulation and the procedure.展开更多
基金supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project (20080430038) the Funding Project for Academic Human Resources Development in Institutions of Higher Learning Under the Jurisdiction of Beijing Municipality (05004999200602)
文摘Using the concept of the base forces, a new finite element method （base force element method, BFEM） based on the complementary energy principle is presented for accurate modeling of structures with large displacements and large rotations. First, the complementary energy of an element is described by taking the base forces as state variables, and is then separated into deformation and rotation parts for the case of large deformation. Second, the control equations of the BFEM based on the complementary energy principle are derived using the Lagrange multiplier method. Nonlinear procedure of the BFEM is then developed. Finally, several examples are analyzed to illustrate the reliability and accuracy of the BFEM.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10972015)
文摘Using the concept of base forces as state variables,a new finite element method-the base force element method (BFEM) on complementary energy principle for linear elasticity problems is presented.Firstly,an explicit expression of compliance matrix for an element is derived through base forces by dyadic vectors.Then,the explicit control equations of finite element method of complementary energy principle are derived using Lagrange multiplier method.Thereafter,the base forces element procedure for linear elasticity is developed.Finally,several examples are analyzed to illustrate the reliability and accuracy of the formulation and the procedure.
