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.

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.

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.

MULTIPLE RECIPROCITY METHOD WITH TWO SERIES OF SEQUENCES OF HIGH-ORDER FUNDAMENTAL SOLUTION FOR THIN PLATE BENDING

The boundary value problem of plate bending problem on two_parameter foundation was discussed.Using two series of the high_order fundamental solution sequences, namely, the fundamental solution sequences for the multi_harmonic operator and Laplace operator, applying the multiple reciprocity method(MRM), the MRM boundary integral equation for plate bending problem was constructed. It proves that the boundary integral equation derived from MRM is essentially identical to the conventional boundary integral equation. Hence the convergence analysis of MRM for plate bending problem can be obtained by the error estimation for the conventional boundary integral equation. In addition, this method can extend to the case of more series of the high_order fundamental solution sequences.

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.

EXPERIMENT AND SIMULATION FOR THICK-PLATE BENDINGBY HIGH FREQUENCY INDUCTOR

In order to produce thick plates with complicated curved surface, a prototype bending machine by the use of high frequency inductor was developed. The bending mechanism is based on the localized stresses which are induced from the difference of temperature in thickness by the high frequency inductor. The operating speed and the thickness of plate were examined from the experiment, and the variation of the temperature was measured. Finite element analysis was carried out in the second part based on the experimentally obtained temperature distribution. The so-called Mindlin plate element was used in order to perform the simulation efficiently. The strategy to produce such curved surface in the practical process was discussed and further perspective of the production system was described. (Edited author abstract) 6 Refs.

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.

An Adaptive Boundary Collocation Method for Plate Bending Problems

A boundary collocation method based on the least-square technique and a corresponding adaptive computation process have been developed for the plate bending problem. The trial functions are constructed using a series of the biharmonic polynomials, and the local error indicators are given by the residuals of the energy density on the boundary. In comparison with the conventional collocation methods, the solution accuracy in the present method can be improved in an economical and efficient way. In order to demonstrate the efficiency and advantages of the adaptive boundary collocation method proposed in this paper, two numerical examples are presented for circular plates subjected to uniform loads and restrained by mixed boundary conditions. The numerical results for the examples show good agreement with ones presented in the literature.

TRAPEZOIDAL PLATE BENDING ELEMENT WITH DOUBLE SET PARAMETERS

Using double set parameter method, a 12-parameter trapezoidal plate bending element is presented. The first set of degrees of freedom, which make the element convergent, are the values at the four vertices and the middle points of the four sides together with the mean values of the outer normal derivatives along four sides. The second set of degree of freedom, which make the number of unknowns in the resulting discrete system small and computation convenient are values and the first derivatives at the four vertices of the element. The convergence of the element is proved.

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.

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.

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.

A POSTERIORI ERROR ESTIMATES FOR LOCAL CO DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHODS FOR KIRCHHOFF PLATE BENDING PROBLEMS

We derive some residual-type a posteriori error estimates for the local CO discontinuous Galerkin （LCDG） approximations （[31]） of the Kirchhoff bending plate clamped on the boundary. The estimator is both reliable and efficient with respect to the moment-field approximation error in an energy norm. Some numerical experiments are reported to demonstrate theoretical results.

A NEW ELEMENT FOR THIN PLATE OF BENDING WITH CURVILINEAR BOUNDARY—CURVILINEAR BOUNDARY QUADRILATERAL ELEMENT

This paper presents a curvilinear boundary quadrilateral element for the problem of thin plate of bending with curvilinear boundary. A coordinate transformation of two dimensions is performed in the calculation of FEM. The introduction of an additional stiffness matrix based on the generalized variational principles results in high accuracy and less computation time. The numerical results agree with the analytical solution very well.

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.

NUMERICAL-PERTURBATION ANALYSIS OF EDGE EFFECT IN BENDING LAMINATED PLATE

In this paper, we consider a bending laminated plate. At first, the dimensionless variables are used to transform the equilibrium equations of any layer to perturbation differential equations. Secondly, the composite expansion is used and the solution domain is divided into interior and boundary layer regions and the mathematical models for the outer solution and the inner solution are yielded respectively. Then, the inner solution is expressed with the boundary intergral equation.

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.