Efficient Finite Element Methods for Transient Nonlinear Analysis of Shells.
Abstract
A finite element formulation and algorithm for the nonlinear analysis of the large deflection, materially nonlinear response of impulsively loaded shells is presented. A unique feature of this algorithm is the use of a bilinear four node quadrilateral element with single point quadrature and a simple hourglass control which is orthogonal to rigid body modes on an element level and does not compromise the consistency of the equations. The geometric nonlinearities are treated by using a corotational description wherein a coordinate system that rotates with the material is embedded at the integration point; thus the algorithm is directly applicable to anisotropic materials without any corrections for frame invariance of material property tensors. This algorithm can treat about 200 element-time-steps per CPU second on a CYBER 170/730 computer in the explicit time integration mode. Numerous results are presented for both elastic and elastic-plastic problems with large strains that show that the method in most cases is comparable in accuracy with an earlier version of this algorithm employing a cubic triangular plate-shell element, but substantially faster. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA136044
Entities
People
- T. Belytschko
Organizations
- Northwestern University