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Derivation of a tappered p-version beam finite element
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hinnant, Howard E. |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Description | A tapered p-version beam finite element suitable for dynamic applications is derived. The taper in the element is represented by allowing the area moments of inertia to vary as quartic polynomials along the length of the beam, and the cross-sectional area to vary as a quadratic polynomial. The p-version finite-element characteristics are implemented through a set of polynomial shape functions. The lower-order shape functions are identical to the classical cubic and linear shape functions normally associated with a beam element. The higher-order shape functions are a hierarchical set of polynomials that are integrals of orthogonal polynomials. Explicit expressions for the mass and stiffness matrices are presented for an arbitrary value of p. The element has been verified to be numerically stable using shape functions through 22nd order. |
| File Size | 1614830 |
| Page Count | 45 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890016884 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9d55j97n |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1989-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Structural Mechanics Mass Tapering Finite Element Method Stiffness Matrix Moments of Inertia Beams Polynomials Mathematical Models Numerical Stability Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |