Prediction of Transverse Shear Stresses for Various Isoparametric Thick and Thin Shell Elements
Utilizing three-dimensional equilibrium equations (often referred to as an Equilibrium Method (EM)), an estimation of transverse stresses for fiber-reinforced laminated doubly curved shells...
Developments in the Use of Cubic B-Splines in the Compound Strip Method
A general cubic B-spline compound strip method (BCSM) has been developed to analyze thin plates, stiffened plates, folded plates, and box-girders. In the BCSM a problem is first partially...
This note summarizes recent progress in developing h-p adaptive finite element methods for the numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations. A brief review of the h-p strategies and...
Uses of the hp-Version of the Finite Element Method for Ensuring the Reliability of Engineering Data
There is a growing interest in ensuring the reliability and accuracy of engineering data computed by the finite element method. Various adaptive and feedback schemes, which involve the...
Singularity Elements for the p-Version of the FEM
Singularity elements have been widely researched and successfully used with the h-version for fracture mechanics problems. This paper gives the results of numerical experiments with conventional...
p-Version Three Dimensional Solid Element for Heat Conduction
This paper presents a finite element formulation for a three dimensional twenty-seven node hierarchical solid element for heat condition where the element temperature approximation can...
p-Version Three Dimensional Curved Shell Element for Geometrically Nonlinear Behavior
This paper presents a p-version hierarchical geometrically nonlinear formulation based on the total Lagrangian approach for a nine node three dimensional curved shell element. The element...
hpVersion of the Finite Element Method in Boundary Layer Problems
The performance of hp-version of the finite element method in the case of boundary layer problems of convection-diffusion type is presented. The method is also considered in the case of...
Dynamic Analysis of a Beam by the Stochastic Finite Element Method
The statistics on the natural frequencies and mode shapes of an uncertain structure are investigated. The uncertain structural properties are described by a continuous random process in...
Structural Response Statistics by Boundary Elements
In this paper a boundary element method for problems of random vibration of continuous structures is presented. The method reduces the effect of the mesh size on the accuracy of the results....
Nonlinear Probabilistic FEM for Composite Shells
A probabilistic finite element analysis procedure for laminated composite shells has been developed. A total Lagrangian finite element formulation employing a degenerated 3-D laminated...
Stochastic Finite Element-Based Reliability Analysis of Dynamically Loaded Frames
This paper presents the use of the Stochastic Finite Element Method (SFEM) for reliability analysis of steel frames subjected to dynamic loading, in the context of modal superposition....
The Weighted Integral Method for Calculating the Stochastic Stiffness Matrix of Stochastic Systems
This paper introduces the 'weighted integral method' for calculating an exact expression of the stochastic stiffness matrix of a stochastic structure. Using this...
A Class of Asymptotic Annihilation Algorithms for Structural Dynamics
A class of time integration algorithms is presented that asymptotically annihilate high frequency response while introducing little dissipation in the low frequency regime. The algorithms...
Finite Element Approximation to Heat Transfer Through Construction Glass Blocks
The purpose of this study is to investigate the heat transfer through combined solid and fluid media, taking into account the interaction between the solid and the fluid. The main example...
Explicit Integration Schemes in Structural Dynamics
Based on the recursive explicit form of Newmark ?-? method developed by Zienkiewicz for displacements, similar recursive expressions for velocities and accelerations are developed. General...
Advanced Software for Thin Plate Analysis Using Unequally Spaced Cubic B-Splines
A computer program for analysis of thin plates is presented. This package improves upon previous analysis programs by incorporating a proven analytical method in an advanced user interface,...
Propagating Buckles in Deep-Water Pipelines
A procedure is presented for the analysis of propagating buckles in deep-water pipelines. Results pertaining to quasistatic and dynamic buckles are summarized and compared with available...
Large Displacement Analysis for Structural Stability Problems
In this paper, two widely different methods of large displacement analyses are considered. The first is a discrete element analysis which is particularly effective for line structures...
An Efficient Algorithm for Second-Order Finite Element Reliability Analysis
A new, efficient algorithm for computing the principal curvatures of the limit-state surface at the design point, which are employed in second-order reliability analysis, is described....
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