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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING
卷 55, 期 2, 页码 191-231出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/nme.492
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finite element; plates; multilayers; classical and mixed formulation; composite materials
This paper deals with the formulation of finite plate elements for an accurate description of stress and strain fields in multilayered, thick plates subjected to static loadings in the linear, elastic cases. The so-called zig-zag form and interlaminar continuity are addressed in the considered formulations. Two variational statements, the principle of virtual displacements (P VD) and the Reissner mixed variational theorem (RMVT) are employed to derive finite element matrices. Transverse stress assumptions are made in the framework of RMVT and the resulting finite elements describe a priori interlaminar continuous transverse shear and normal stresses. Both modellings which preserve the number of variables independent of the number of layers (equivalent single-layer models, ESLM) and layer-wise models (LWM) in which the same variables are independent in each layer, have been treated. The order N of the expansions assumed for both displacement and transverse stress fields in the plate thickness direction z as well as the number of element nodes N-n have been taken as free parameters of the considered formulations. By varying N, N-n, variable treatment (LW or ESL) as well as variational statements (PVD and RMVT), a large number of newly finite elements have been presented. Finite elements that are based on PVD and RMVT have been called classical and advanced, respectively. In order to write the matrices related to the considered plate elements in a concise form and to implement them in a computer code (see Part 2), extensive indicial notations have been set out. As a result, all the finite element matrices have been built from only five arrays that were called fundamental nuclei (four are related to RMVT applications and one to PVD cases). These arrays have 3 x 3 dimensions and are therefore constituted of only nine terms each. The different formulations are then obtained by expanding the indices that were introduced for the N-order expansion, for the number of nodes N-n and for the constitutive layers N-l. Compliances and/or stiffness are accumulated from layer to multilayered level according to the corresponding variable treatment (ESLM or LWM). The numerical evaluations and assessment for the presented plate elements have been provided in the companion paper (Part 2), where it has been concluded that it is convenient to refer to RMVT as a variational tool to formulate multilayered plate elements that are able to give a quasi-three-dimensional description of stress/strain fields in multilayered thick structures. Copyright (C) 2002 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.
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