ISUM Rectangular Plate Element with New Lateral Shape Functions (2nd Report)

Time-Discontinuous Finite Element Analysis of Two-Dimensional Elastodynamic Problems using Complex Fourier Shape Functions

This paper reformulates a time-discontinuous finite element method (TD-FEM) based on a new class of shape functions, called complex Fourier hereafter, for solving two-dimensional elastodynamic problems. These shape functions, which are derived from their corresponding radial basis functions, have some advantages such as the satisfaction of exponential and trigonometric function fields in comple...

Investigation of Methods for Bending Rectangular Glass Plate into Parabolic Shape by Using FEA

In the dissertation, structural Finite Element Analysis is carried out. Both linear and non linear analysis is considered for the investigation. Geometry non linearity, material non linearity and boundary non linearity also called as contact analysis is considered. All the boundary conditions, loadings, material definitions considered are real in nature. Experimental validations are considered ...

Mixed Rectangular Finite Elements for Plate Bending

The paper describes three different rectangular plate bending elements based on Reissner's type stationary variational principles. They differ in the number of dependent variables approximated independently and also in the number of nodes per element. The first element types treats the transverse deflection and the three moments as unknowns at each of the corner nodes; the second element type t...

Failure of Dynamically Loaded Thermoelastoviscoplastic Rectangular Plate

The initiation and propagation of a crack and an adiabatic shear band in three-dimensional finite coupled thermomechanical deformations of a homogeneous and isotropic thermoelastoviscoplastic rectangular 4340 steel plate containing a centrally located through-the-thickness elliptic void and deformed in simple tension are analyzed numerically by using thefinite element computer codeDYNA3D. Initi...

2nd Year Dphil Report