Reference : A smoothed finite element method for plate analysis
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http://hdl.handle.net/10993/34878
A smoothed finite element method for plate analysis
English
Nguyen-Xuan, H.[Division of Computational Mechanics, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Natural Sciences, 227 Nguyen Van Cu, Viet Nam]
Rabczuk, T.[Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand]
Bordas, Stéphane[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Engineering Research Unit >]
Debongnie, J. F.[Division of Manufacturing, University of Liège, Bat. B52/3 Chemin des Chevreuils 1, B-4000 Liège 1, Belgium]
[en] A quadrilateral element with smoothed curvatures for Mindlin-Reissner plates is proposed. The curvature at each point is obtained by a non-local approximation via a smoothing function. The bending stiffness matrix is calculated by a boundary integral along the boundaries of the smoothing elements (smoothing cells). Numerical results show that the proposed element is robust, computational inexpensive and simultaneously very accurate and free of locking, even for very thin plates. The most promising feature of our elements is their insensitivity to mesh distortion.