Reduced and selective integration techniques in the finite element analysis of plates

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Abstract

Efforts to develop effective plate bending finite elements by reduced integration techniques are described. The basis for the development is a ‘thick’ plate theory in which transverse shear strains are accounted for. The variables in the theory are all kinematic, namely, displacements and independent rotations. As only C0 continuity is required, isoparametric elements may be employed, which result in several advantages over thin plate elements. It is shown that the avoidance of shear ‘locking’ may be facilitated by reduced integration techniques. Both uniform and selective schemes are considered. Conditions under which selective schemes are invariant are identified, and they are found to have an advantage over uniform schemes in the present situation. It is pointed out that the present elements are not subject to the difficulties encountered by thin plate theory elements, concerning boundary conditions. For example, the polygonal approximation of curved, simply-supported edges is convergent. Other topics discussed are the equivalence with mixed methods, rank deficiency, convergence criteria and useful mass ‘lumping’ schemes for dynamics. Numerical results for several thin plate problems indicate the high degree of accuracy attainable by the present elements.

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Invited Paper M2/1 presented at the 4th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, San Francisco, California, 15–19 August 1977.

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