Multiresolution method for bending of plates with complex shapes

A high-accuracy multiresolution method is proposed to solve mechanics problems subject to complex shapes or irregular domains.To realize this method,we design a new wavelet basis function,by which we construct a fifth-order numerical scheme for the approximation of multi-dimensional functions and their multiple integrals defined in complex domains.In the solution of differential equations,various derivatives of the unknown function are denoted as new functions.Then,the integral relations between these functions are applied in terms of wavelet approximation of multiple integrals.Therefore,the original equation with derivatives of various orders can be converted to a system of algebraic equations with discrete nodal values of the highest-order derivative.During the application of the proposed method,boundary conditions can be automatically included in the integration operations,and relevant matrices can be assured to exhibit perfect sparse patterns.As examples,we consider several second-order mathematics problems defined on regular and irregular domains and the fourth-order bending problems of plates with various shapes.By comparing the solutions obtained by the proposed method with the exact solutions,the new multiresolution method is found to have a convergence rate of fifth order.The solution accuracy of this method with only a few hundreds of nodes can be much higher than that of the finite element method(FEM)with tens of thousands of elements.In addition,because the accuracy order for direct approximation of a function using the proposed basis function is also fifth order,we may conclude that the accuracy of the proposed method is almost independent of the equation order and domain complexity.

BENDING OF UNIFORMLY LOADED RECTANGULAR PLATES WITH TWO ADJACENT EDGES CLAMPED, ONE EDGE SIMPLY SUPPORTED AND THE OTHER EDGE FREE

In this paper, an exact solution for an uniformly loaded rectangular plate with two adjacent edges clamped, one edge simply supported and the other edge free, was given by using the concept of generalized simply supported edges and superposition method. The numerical results were given for the deflections along the free edge and bending moments along the clamped edges of a square plate.

RATIONAL FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR ELASTIC BENDING OF REISSNER PLATES

In this paper; some deformation patterns defined by differential equations of the elastic system are introduced into the revised functional for the incompatible elements. And therefore the rational FEM, which is perfect combination of the analytic methods and numeric methods, has been presented. This new approach satisfies not only the mechanical requirement of the elements but also the geometric requirement of the complex structures. What's more the quadrilateral element obtained accordingly for the elastic bending of thick plates demonstrates such advantages as high precision for computation and availability of accurate integration for stiffness matrices.

NON-SYMMETRICAL BENDING PROBLEMS OF INFINITE ANNULAR PLATES SUPPORTED ON INNER EDGE

For non-asymmetrical bending problems of elastic annular plates, the exact solutions are not fond. To bending problems of infinite annular plate with two different boundary conditions, based on the boundary integral formula,the natural boundary integral equation for the boundary value problems of the biharmonic equation and the condition of bending moment in infinity,bending solutions under non-symmetrical loads are gained by the Fourier series and convolution formulae. The formula for the solutions has nicer convergence velocity and high computational accuracy, and the calculating process is simpler. Solutions of the given examples are compared with the finite element method. The textual solutions of moments near the loads are better than the finite element method to the fact that near the concentrative loads the inners forces trend to infinite.

BENDING OF RECTANGULAR THIN PLATES WITH FREE EDGES LAID ON TENSIONLESS WINKLER FOUNDATION

In this paper, the bending problem of rectangular thin plates with free edges laid on tensionless Winkler foundation has been solved by employing Fourier series with supplementary terms. By assuming proper form of series for deflection, the basic differential equation with given boundary conditions can be transformed into a set of infinite algebraic equations. Because the boundary of contact region cannot bedetermined in advance, these equations are weak nonlinear ones. They can be solved by using iterative procedures.

RECIPROCAL THEOREM METHOD FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OFBENDING OF THICK RECTANGULAR PLATES

In this paper,reciprocal theorem method(RTM) is generalized to solve theof bending of thick rectangular plates based on Reissner’s theory.First,the paper gives the basic solution of the bending of thick rectangular platesand then the exact analytical solution of the bending of thick rectangular plate withthree clamped edges and one free edge under umiformly distributed load is found byRTM, finally, we analyze numerical results of the sohution.

NONLINEAR BENDINGS FOR THE ORTHOTROPIC RECTANGULAR THIN PLATES UNDER VARIOUS SUPPORTS

In this paper, the nonlinear bandings for the orthotropic rectangular thin plates under various supports are studied.The uniformly valid asymptotic solutions of the displacement ? and stress function φ are derived by the perturbation offered in [1].

GENERAL ANALYTIC SOLUTION FOR ELASTIC BENDING OF REISSNER PLATES

In this paper, by developing the complex Fourier series method to solve the boundary value problem of a system of partial differential equations with constant coefficients, for the first time a general analytic solution satisfying an arbitrary boundary condition is presented for the elastic bending of thick Reissner plates in engineering. The solution is simple and convenient to programming. Analysis and computation are performed for the uniformly loaded plates under two different supporting conditions (four simply supported edges or three clamped and one free edges), the results of which are fairly satisfactory in comparison with those available for reference. And at the same time the analytic solution has been investigated mainly in three aspects: a) speed of convergence; b) reliability (rationality); c) fitting of boundary conditions.

Unified Solution Method of Rectangular Plate Elastic Bending

The bending of rectangular plate is divided into the generalized statically determinate bending and the generalized statically indeterminate bending based on the analysis of the completeness of calculating condition at the corner point. The former can be solved directly by the equilibrium differential equation and the boundary conditions of four edges of the plate. The latter can be solved by using the superposition principle. Making use of the recommended method, the bending of the plate with all kinds of...

On Feasibility of Variable Separation Method Based on Hamiltonian System for a Class of Plate Bending Equations

The eigenfunction system of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian operators appearing in the bending problem of rectangular plate with two opposites simply supported is studied. At first, the completeness of the extended eigenfunction system in the sense of Cauchy＇s principal value is proved. Then the incompleteness of the extended eigenfunction system in general sense is proved. So the completeness of the symplectic orthogonal system of the infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian operator of this kind of plate bending equation is proved. At last the general solution of the infinite dimensional Hamiltonian system is equivalent to the solution function system series expansion, so it gives to theoretical basis of the methods of separation of variables based on Hamiltonian system for this kind of equations.

The symplectic eigenfunction expansion theorem and its application to the plate bending equation

This paper deals with the bending problem of rectangular plates with two opposite edges simply supported. It is proved that there exists no normed symplectic orthogonal eigenfunction system for the associated infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian operator H and that the two block operators belonging to Hamiltonian operator H possess two normed symplectic orthogonal eigenfunction systems in some space. It is demonstrated by using the properties of the block operators that the above bending problem can be solved by the symplectic eigenfunction expansion theorem, thereby obtaining analytical solutions of rectangular plates with two opposite edges simply supported and the other two edges supported in any manner.

Finite element analysis of elasto-plastic plate bending problems using transition rectangular plate elements

In this work, the finite element analysis of the elasto-plastic plate bending problems is carried out using transition rectangular plate elements. The shape functions of the transition plate elements are derived based on a practical rule. The transition plate elements are all quadrilateral and can be used to obtain efficient finite element models using minimum number of elements. The mesh convergence rates of the models including the transition elements are compared with the regular element models. To verify the developed elements, simple tests are demonstrated and various elasto-plastic problems are solved. Their results are compared with ANSYS results.

Bending analysis and control of rolled plate during snake hot rolling

In order to study the bending behavior of aluminum alloy 7050 thick plate during snake hot rolling, several coupled thermo-mechanical finite element(FE) models were established. Effects of different initial thicknesses, pass reductions, speed ratios and offset distances on the bending value of the plate were analyzed. ‘Quasi smooth plate' and optimum offset distance were defined and quasi smooth plate could be acquired by adjusting offset distance, and then bending control equation was fitted. The results show that bending value of the plate as well as the extent of the increase grows with the increase of pass reduction and decrease of initial thickness; the bending value firstly increases and then keeps steady with the ascending speed ratio; the bending value can be reduced by enlarging the offset distance. The optimum offset distance varies for different rolling parameters and it is augmented with the increase of pass reduction and speed ratio and the decrease of initial thickness. A proper offset distance for different rolling parameters can be calculated by the bending control equation and this equation can be a guidance to acquire a quasi smooth plate. The FEM results agree well with experimental results.

APPLICATIONS OF WAVELET GALERKIN FEM TO BENDING OF BEAM AND PLATE STRUCTURES

In this paper, an approach is proposed for taking calculations of high order differentials of scaling functions in wavelet theory in order to apply the wavelet Galerkin FEM to numerical analysis of those boundary-value problems with order higher than 2. After that, it is realized that the wavelet Galerkin FEM is used to solve mechanical problems such as bending of beams and plates. The numerical results show that this method has good precision.

Numerical Method Based on Compatible Manifold Element for Thin Plate Bending

The typical quadrangular and triangular elements for thin plate bending based on Kirchhoff assumptions are the non- conforming elements with low computational accuracy and limitative application range in fmite element method（FEM）. Some compatible elements can be developed by the means of supplementing correction functions, increasing nodes in element or on the boundaries, expanding nodal degrees of freedom（DOF）, etc, but these elements are inconvenient to apply in practice for the high calculation complexity. In this paper, in order to overcome the defects of thin plate bending finite element, numerical manifold method（NMM） was introduced to solve thin plate bending deformation problem. Rectangular mesh was adopted as mathematical mesh to form f＇mite element cover system, and then 16-cover manifold element was proposed. Numerical manifold formulas were constructed on the basis of minimum potential energy principle, displacement boundary conditions are implemented by penalty function method, and all the element matrixes were derived in details. The 16-cover element has a simple calculation process for employing only the transverse displacement cover DOFs as the basic unknown variables, and has been proved to meet the requirements of completeness and full compatibility. As an application, the presented 16-cover element has been used to analyze bending deformation of square thin plate under different loads and boundary conditions, and the results show that numerical manifold method with compatible element, compared with finite element method, can improve computational accuracy and convergence greatly.

A kind of bivariate spline space over rectangular partition and pure bending of thin plate

The mechanical background of the bivariate spline space of degree 2 and smoothness 1 on rectangular partition is presented constructively. Making use of mechanical analysis method, by acting couples along the interior edges with suitable evaluations, the deflection surface is divided into piecewise form, therefore, the relation between a class of bivariate splines on rectangular partition and the pure bending of thin plate is established. In addition, the interpretation of smoothing cofactor and conformality condition from the mechanical point of view is given. Furthermore, by introducing twisting moments, the mechanical background of any spline belong to the above space is set up.

BENDING SOLUTION OF A RECTANGULAR PLATE WITH ONE EDGE BUILT－IN AND ONE CORNER POINT SUPPORTED SUBJECTED TO UNIFORM LOAD

In this paper, using of the superposition principle. the bending solution ofrectangular plate with one edge built-in and one corner point supported subjected touniform load is derived. The results indicate the method has the advantages of rabidconvergence and high precision.

EQUIVALENT BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS WITH INDIRECT UNKNOWNS FOR THIN ELASTIC PLATE BENDING THEORY

Equivalent Boundary Integral Equations (EBIE) with indirect unknowns for thin elastic plate bending theory, which is equivalent to the original boundary value problem, is established rigorously by mathematical technique of non-analytic continuation and is fully proved by means of the variational principle. The previous three kinds of boundary integral equations with indirect unknowns are discussed thoroughly and it is shown that all previous results are not EBIE.

THE PROBLEMS OF NONLINEAR BENDING FOR ORTHOTROPIC RECTANGULAR PLATE WITH FOUR CLAMPED EDGES

In this paper,under the non-uniformtransverse load,the problems of nonlinear bending for orthotropic rectangular plate are studied by using'the method of twovariable'[1]and 'the method of mixing perturbation'[2].The uniformly valid asymptotic solutions of Nth-order for ε1 and Mth-order for ε2 for ortholropic rectangular plale with four clamped edges are oblained.

Sympletic eigen-solution for clamped Mindlin plate bending problem

Hamiltonian system for the problem on clamped Mindlin plate bending was established by introducing the dual variables for the generalized displacements in this letter. By separation of variables, the transverse eigen-problem was derived based on the sympletic geometry method. With the solved sympletic eigen-values, the generalized sympletic eigen-solution was derived through eigenfunction expansion. An example of plate with all edges clamped was given. The sympletic solution system was worked out directly from the Hamiltonian system. It breaks the limitation of traditional analytic methods which need to select basis functions in advance. The results indicate that the sympletic solution method could find its more extensive applications.