Elastoplastic Analysis of Perforated Metal Sheets using Transformation Field Analysis and Finite Element Method

This investigation analyzes the cost-benefit ratio of Transformation Field Analysis to compute elastoplastic behavior periodically perforated metal sheets. Evaluation accuracy and computational cost are analyzed by implementing a finite element approach coupled with technique for different meshes orders. Numerical studies employed compare standard Finite Element analysis Additionally, experimental data is validate results. The requires calculating strain concentration influencing tensors employing method. numerical results show technique's capabilities favorable scenarios, besides influence domain discretization order.