Slide_Chpt10-Special Purpose Elements.pptVIP

Finite Element Method SPECIAL PURPOSE ELEMENTS CONTENTS CRACK TIP ELEMENTS METHODS FOR INFINITE DOMAINS Infinite elements formulated by mapping Gradual damping elements Coupling of FEM and BEM Coupling of FEM and SEM FINITE STRIP ELEMENTS STRIP ELEMENT METHOD CRACK TIP ELEMENTS Fracture mechanics – singularity point at crack tip Conventional finite elements do not give good approximation at/near the crack tip. CRACK TIP ELEMENTS CRACK TIP ELEMENTS CRACK TIP ELEMENTS CRACK TIP ELEMENTS CRACK TIP ELEMENTS Therefore, by shifting the nodes to quarter position, we approximating the stress and displacements more accurately. Other crack tip elements: METHODS FOR INFINITE DOMAIN Infinite elements formulated by mapping (Zienkiewicz and Taylor, 2000) Gradual damping elements Coupling of FEM and BEM Coupling of FEM and SEM Infinite elements formulated by mapping Infinite elements formulated by mapping Infinite elements formulated by mapping Infinite elements formulated by mapping Gradual damping elements For vibration problems with infinite domain Uses conventional finite elements, hence great versatility Study of lamb waves propagation Gradual damping elements Attaching additional damping elements outside area of interest to damp down propagating waves Gradual damping elements Structural damping is defined as Gradual damping elements Gradual damping elements Coupling of FEM and BEM FEM used for interior and the BEM used for exterior which can be extended to infinity [Liu, 1992] FINITE STRIP ELEMENTS Developed by Y. K. Cheung, 1968 Used for problems with regular geometry and simple boundary. Key is in obtaining the shape functions. FINITE STRIP ELEMENTS FINITE STRIP ELEMENTS FINITE STRIP ELEMENTS FINITE STRIP ELEMENTS STRIP ELEMENT METHOD (SEM) Proposed by Liu and co-workers [Liu et al. 1994, 1995; Liu and Xi, 2001] Solving wave propagation in composite laminates. Semi-analytic method for stress analysis of solids and structures. Applicable to problems of arbitrary boundary