Numerical Effectiveness of Different Formulations of the Rigid Finite Element Method

I. Adamiec-Wójcik; Ł. Drąg; S. Wojciech

doi:10.2478/ijame-2014-0031

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Numerical Effectiveness of Different Formulations of the Rigid Finite Element Method

I. Adamiec-Wójcik ¹

Ł. Drąg ¹

S. Wojciech ¹

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Division of Transport and Computer Sciences Faculty of Management and Transport University of Bielsko-Biała Willowa str. 2, 43-309 Bielsko-Biała, POLAND

Online publication date: 2014-09-02

Publication date: 2014-08-01

International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering 2014;19(3):475-485

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijame-2014-0031

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KEYWORDS

flexibility of links

rigid finite element method

dynamic analysis

nonlinear motion

numerical effectiveness

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The paper presents an application of different formulations of the rigid finite element method (RFEM) to dynamic analysis of flexible beams. We discuss numerical effectiveness of the classical RFEM and an alternative approach in which continuity of displacements is preserved by means of constraint equations. The analysis is carried out for a benchmark problem of the spin-up motion in planar and spatial cases. Torsion is omitted for numerical simulations and two cases of the new approach are considered. The results obtained by means of these methods are compared with the results obtained using a nonlinear two-node superelement

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