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Fundamentals of a Vector Form Intrinsic Finite Element: Part III. Convected Material Frame and Examples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2011

Chiang Shih*
Affiliation:
Trinity Foundation Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan 106, R.O.C.
Yeon-Kang Wang*
Affiliation:
Department of Information Management, Fortune Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan 831, R.O.C.
Edward C. Ting*
Affiliation:
School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A. Department of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 320, R.O.C.
*
*Senior Engineer
**Associate Professor
***Professor Emeritus, AOS Foundation Chair Professor (Ret.)
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Abstract

In the third article of the series, a convected material frame is used to develop an incremental analysis procedure to calculate motions with large deformation and large displacement. Five numerical examples are given. The first three illustrate some numerical problems in explicit finite element that are resolved in the present approach. The other two demonstrate the stability and convergence of the method.

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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, R.O.C. 2004

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