![]() Magliulo, Marco ![]() ![]() ![]() in Acta Mechanica (in press) Slender constituents are present in many structures and materials. In associated mechanical models, each slender constituent is often described with a beam. Contact between beams is essential to ... [more ▼] Slender constituents are present in many structures and materials. In associated mechanical models, each slender constituent is often described with a beam. Contact between beams is essential to incorporate in mechanical models, but associated contact frameworks are only demonstrated to work for beams with circular cross-sections. Only two studies have shown the ability to treat contact between beams with elliptical cross-sections, but those frameworks are limited to point-wise contact, which narrows their applicability. This contribution presents initial results of a framework for shear-deformable beams with elliptical cross-sections if contact occurs along a line or at an area (instead of at a point). This is achieved by integrating a penalty potential over one of the beams’ surfaces. Simo-Reissner Geometrically Exact Beam (GEB) elements are employed to discretise each beam. As the surface of an assembly of such beam elements is discontinuous, a smoothed surface is introduced to formulate the contact kinematics. This enables the treatment of contact for large sliding displacements and substantial deformations. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 56 (6 UL)![]() Magliulo, Marco ![]() ![]() ![]() in Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (2019) In this contribution, we introduce a contact formulation between beams finite elements with (hyper)elliptical cross sections. The contact scheme allows to model scenarios in which the contact area is ... [more ▼] In this contribution, we introduce a contact formulation between beams finite elements with (hyper)elliptical cross sections. The contact scheme allows to model scenarios in which the contact area is finite or the contact area occurs along a line. Although some contact schemes are yet able to do this, they require one of the beams to have a circular cross section. Here however, we focus on non-circular cross-sections. Consequently, new projections are required, in which the beam surfaces are used explicitly to formulate contact kinematics. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 74 (12 UL)![]() Magliulo, Marco ![]() ![]() ![]() Scientific Conference (2018, March) Detailed reference viewed: 31 (1 UL)![]() Magliulo, Marco ![]() ![]() ![]() Speeches/Talks (2016) Short Presentation on the Quasi-continuum method Detailed reference viewed: 257 (32 UL) |
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