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Evaluation of an improved finite-element thermal stress calculation technique
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Camarda, C. J. |
| Copyright Year | 1982 |
| Description | A procedure for generating accurate thermal stresses with coarse finite element grids (Ojalvo's method) is described. The procedure is based on the observation that for linear thermoelastic problems, the thermal stresses may be envisioned as being composed of two contributions; the first due to the strains in the structure which depend on the integral of the temperature distribution over the finite element and the second due to the local variation of the temperature in the element. The first contribution can be accurately predicted with a coarse finite-element mesh. The resulting strain distribution can then be combined via the constitutive relations with detailed temperatures from a separate thermal analysis. The result is accurate thermal stresses from coarse finite element structural models even where the temperature distributions have sharp variations. The range of applicability of the method for various classes of thermostructural problems such as in-plane or bending type problems and the effect of the nature of the temperature distribution and edge constraints are addressed. Ojalvo's method is used in conjunction with the SPAR finite element program. Results are obtained for rods, membranes, a box beam and a stiffened panel. |
| File Size | 855921 |
| Page Count | 17 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19820015607 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t56f0p78s |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1982-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Fluid Mechanics And Heat Transfer Panels Temperature Distribution Coordinates Rods Space Shuttle Orbiters Box Beams Finite Element Method Computation Membrane Structures Bending Strain Distribution Spacecraft Structures Thermal Stresses Structural Analysis Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
