Edge-Based Smoothed Three-Node Mindlin Plate Element
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 142, Issue 9
Abstract
The edge-based smoothed finite element method (ES-FEM) was proposed recently to improve the accuracy of the standard finite element method for solid mechanics. In the present paper, the ES-FEM is incorporated with the three-node Mindlin plate element (MIN3) to give a novel edge-based smoothed MIN3 (ES-MIN3) for plate analysis. The system stiffness matrix is computed by employing the edge-based strain smoothing technique over the edge-based smoothing domain. For the purpose of avoiding the transverse shear-locking, the MIN3 element is performed to calculate the strains in each element. From a series of selected numerical examples, it is found that the present ES-MIN3 possesses highly accurate solutions, and can be competitive with many existing plate elements.
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Acknowledgments
The authors wish to express their gratitude to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Contract No. 51379083, 51579109 and 51579112).
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Volume 142 • Issue 9 • September 2016
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Received: Jun 4, 2015
Accepted: Mar 7, 2016
Published online: May 4, 2016
Published in print: Sep 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Oct 4, 2016
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