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In the present work, a hybrid beam element based on exact kinematics is developed, accounting for arbitrarily large displacements and rotations, as well as shear deformable cross sections. At selected quadrature points, fiber discretization of the cross sections facilitates efficient computation of the stress resultants for any uniaxial material la...
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... cross section thickness b = 1 and elastic modulus E = 12, with the load parameter λ = P/P cr is increased up to 4.0. The critical load for the cantilever is P cr = 0.25π 2 EI/L 2 . Wood & Zienkiewicz [31] used five continuum-based elements that allow for shear deformation and employed a total Lagrangian formulation. The results are illustrated in Fig. 4. Analytical solutions to the problem, provided in [23,32] where it is assumed no axial or shear deformation occurs, show negligible discrepancy compared to the ones proposed here and in [31]. It should be noted that the eccentricity is = b/2. The configurations for each load step for Examples 2,3 and 4 are depicted in Fig. 5, from left ...
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... cross section thickness b = 1 and elastic modulus E = 12, with the load parameter λ = P/P cr is increased up to 4.0. The critical load for the cantilever is P cr = 0.25π 2 EI/L 2 . Wood & Zienkiewicz [31] used five continuum-based elements that allow for shear deformation and employed a total Lagrangian formulation. The results are illustrated in Fig. 4. Analytical solutions to the problem, provided in [23,32] where it is assumed no axial or shear deformation occurs, show negligible discrepancy compared to the ones proposed here and in [31]. It should be noted that the eccentricity is = b/2. The configurations for each load step for Examples 2,3 and 4 are depicted in Fig. 5, from left ...
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This work presents a hybrid shear‐flexible beam‐element, capable of capturing arbitrarily large inelastic displacements and rotations of planar frame structures with just one element per member. Following Reissner’s geometrically‐exact theory, the finite element problem is herein formulated within nonlinear programming principles, where the total potential energy is treated as the objective function and the exact strain‐displacement relations are imposed as kinematic constraints. The approximation of integral expressions is conducted by an appropriate quadrature, and by introducing Lagrange multipliers, the Lagrangian of the minimization program is formed and solutions are sought based on the satisfaction of necessary optimality conditions. In addition to displacement degrees of freedom at the two element edge nodes, strain measures of the centroid act as unknown variables at the quadrature points, while only the curvature field is interpolated, to enforce compatibility throughout the element. Inelastic calculations are carried out by numerical integration of the material stress‐strain law at the cross‐section level. The locking‐free behavior of the element is presented and discussed, and its overall performance is demonstrated on a set of well‐known numerical examples. Results are compared with analytical solutions, where available, and outcomes based on flexibility‐based beam elements and quadrilateral elements, verifying the efficiency of the formulation.
