Elasto-plastic analysis of three-dimensional structures using the isoparametric element

An analysis of three-dimensional elasto-plastic sinusoidal contact

Researchers have developedmanymodels to simulate the elasto-plastic contact of spheres. However, there does not appear to exist a closed-form analytical model for elasto-plastic three-dimensional sinusoidal contact. This work uses a finite element model (FEM) to characterize elasto-plastic sinusoidal contact. Although at initial contact the sphere and sinusoidal case are very similar and can bo...

A New Three-Dimensional Sector Element for Circular Curved Structures Analysis

In this research paper, the formulation of a new three-dimensional sector element based on the strain approach is presented for plate bending problems and linear static analysis of circular structures. The proposed element has the three essential external degrees of freedom (Ur, Vθ and W) at each of the eight corner nodes. The displaceme...

Dynamic Analysis of Three Dimensional Asymmetric Isolated Structures

Dynamic Analysis of Three Dimensional Asymmetric Isolated Structures

A Finite Element Study of Elasto-plastic Hemispherical Contact

This work presents a finite element study of elasto-plastic hemispherical contact. The results are normalized such that they are valid for macro contacts (e.g., rolling element bearings) and micro contacts (e.g., asperity contact). The material is modeled as elastic-perfectly plastic. The numerical results are compared to other existing models of spherical contact, including the fully plastic c...