BEM Treatment of Body Forces in Plane Orthotropic Elastostatics
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 121, Issue 10
Abstract
A new boundary-element formulation is given in this paper to treat gravitational and centrifugal body forces in plane orthotropic media. In this method, two functions have been defined to satisfy the orthotropic potential equations. After recasting the elasticity equations of equilibrium for orthotropic media including body forces in the form of scalar orthotropic potential equations, for which a relatively simple fundamental solution exists, the inhomogeneous terms, i.e. the effects of the body forces in the partial differential equations can be incorporated into the boundary values. Thus only boundary integrals are needed. Several examples of solutions obtained by the present method are presented. Each solution has been compared with an analytical solution or a solution obtained by the finite-element method (FEM). By means of these examples, the method is shown to be effective for evaluating displacements and stresses resulting from body forces due to gravity or constant rotation.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 121 • Issue 10 • October 1995
Pages: 1130 - 1135
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Copyright © 1995 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Oct 1, 1995
Published in print: Oct 1995
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