Some Theoretical and Practical Aspects of the Method of Fictitious Loads in Plane Elasticity.
Abstract
A major part of the report describes an implementation of the method of fictitious loads in problems of plane elasticity. The necessary formulae are compiled and partially rederived, the approximation of the operators in the resulting integral equation is discussed and some simple examples for which the solution is known are carefully examined. The method poses a number of theoretical problems, mainly centered around the degeneracy of the operator that must be inverted. One finds that for cross sections with holes certain revisions of the method must be made. One type of revision is necessary to insure the deformation field is one valued (if one follows a path around a hole). A second one must be made, because for a cross section with holes the assigned tractions usually do not satisfy certain solvability conditions. A third modification serves to remove a degeneracy in an operator for a problem in which solutions do exist.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA015049
Entities
People
- Karl G. Guderley
- Robert A. Thomson