1. Linked Interpolation in Higher-Order Triangular Mindlin Plate Finite Elements Dragan RIBARIĆ, Gordan JELENIĆ dragan.ribaric@gradri.hrdragan.ribaric@gradri.hr, gordan@gradri.hrgordan@gradri.hr University of Rijeka, Civil Engineering Faculty, Rijeka, Croatia 1

2. Outline 1.Motivation: Linked interpolation for straight thick beams (Timoshenko beam) 2.Generalisation to the 2D problem of thick plates (Mindlin theory of moderately thick plates). o Triangular elements with 3, 6 and 10 nodes o Comparable elements from literature 3.The patch test 4.Test examples 5.Application on facet shell elements 6.Conclusions 2

3. 1. Linked interpolation for thick beams (Bernoulli’s limiting case for thin beams ) Timoshenko theory of beams: - hypothesis of planar cross sections after the deformation (Bernoulli), - but not necessarily perpendicular to the centroidal axis of the deformed beam:  w is lateral displacement with respect to arc-length co-ordinate x.  w’ is its derivative respect x  is the rotation of a cross section - constitutive equations: and - combined with equilibrium equations give: and - differential equations to solve are: and 3 

4. 1. Linked interpolation for thick beams General solution for Timoshenko’s equations: For polynomial loading of n-4 order the following interpolation completely reproduces the above exact results L - beam length, w i, θ i - node displacements and rotations (equidistant) I n j – Lagrangian polynomials of n-1 order 4

5. 2. Linked interpolation for thick plates Mindlin theory of moderately thick plates Kinematics of the plate gives relations for curvature vector and shear strain vector 5

6. 2. Linked interpolation for thick plates 6 Stress resultants can be derived by integration over thickness of the plate and constitutive relations are or in matrix form: M = D b K S = D s  Equilibrium conditions (will not be used in the strong form):

7. 7 From the stationarity condition on the functional of the total potential energy, a system of algebraic equations is derived: 2. Linked interpolation for thick plates f w, f  and f b are the terms due to load and boundary conditions. Of all the blocks in the stiffness matrix only one depends on the bending strain energy and all others are derived from the shear strain energy: Internal bubble parameter w b  will be condensed

8. 2.1 Triangular plate element with three nodes Interpolation functions: for displacement and rotations Area coordinates of an interior point The transverse displacement interpolation is a complete quadratic polynomial and The rotations are linear The interpolations are conforming 8 2. Linked interpolation for thick plates

9. 2.2 Triangular plate element with six nodes Interpolation functions: for displacement for rotations The transverse displacement interpolation is a complete cubic polynomial The rotations are quadratic The interpolations are conforming 9

10. 2. Linked interpolation for thick plates. 2.3 Triangular plate element with ten nodes Interpolation functions: for displacement The transverse displacement interpolation is a complete cuartic polynomial (15 terms from Pascal’s triangle). The third term that appears to be missing in expression to complete the cyclic triangle symmetry, namely is actually linearly dependent on the two other added terms and the 10 th term in w. 10

11. 2. Linked interpolation for thick plates. 2.3 Triangular plate element with ten nodes Interpolation functions: for rotations The rotations are complete cubic polynomials. All interpolations are conforming. 11

12. 2. Linked interpolation for thick plates – elements from literature 2.4 MIN3 - Triangular plate element with three nodes (Tessler, Hughes, 1985.) Is derived to have linear shear expression in every direction crossing the element. Interpolation functions: for i=1,2,3 The interpolation for MIN3 is transformed T6-U3 interpolation. 12 

13. 2. Linked interpolation for thick plates – elements from literature 2.5 MIN6 –triangular plate element with six nodes (Liu, Riggs, 2005) Is derived to have linear shear expression in every direction crossing the element. Interpolation functions: for i=1,2,…6for i=1,2,3 for i=4,5,6 The rigid body mode conditions should be satisfied for functions N, L and M: Liu–Riggs interpolation for MIN6 should coincide with the T6-U3 interpolation, if for w b is taken: 13

14. 14 4. Test examples: clamped square plate Clamped square plate uniformly loaded – Mx distribution along the centreline (y=0) obtained with 4x4 mesh for one quarter of the plate For T3-U2: M x along x and y axes is constant for any value of ν. For higher order elements: M x along x and y axes is a function proportional to higher order

15. 15 4. Test examples: clamped square plate T3-U2 3-node plate element with linked interpolation T6-U3 6-node plate element with linked interpolationm T10-U4 10-node plate element with linked interpolationm T3BL and T3-LIM Auricchio-Taylor mixed plate element (FEAP) MIN6 Liu-Riggs 6 node plate element ElementT3-U2 = MIN3T6-U3T10-U4 meshw*M*w*M*w*M* 1x10.0000690.002060.1301984.05972 2x20.0000620.001270.0978692.037600.1267382.74752 4x40.0017930.038070.1212562.445620.1265272.34533 8x80.0282670.559130.1259052.385990.12653402.29246 16x160.1044282.120790.12651212.313320.12653442.29055 32x320.1248202.322000.12653412.29420 64x640.1264032.29435 Ref. sol. [11]0.1265322.290510.1265322.290510.1265322.29051 ElementT3-LIM (using FEAP) MIN6T3BL [12 ] meshw*M*w*M*w*M* 1x10.0000610.00182 2x20.0930981.7350.0978502.036130.0930981.40767 4x40.1180062.2090.1212052.439830.1180062.10245 8x80.1246162.2750.1258782.384370.1246162.24825 16x160.1260922.2870.12651072.314090.1260922.28031 32x320.1264292.2900.12653412.294400.1264292.28798 64x640.1265092.2900.1265092.28987 Ref. sol. [11]0.1265322.290510.1265322.290510.1265322.29051 Table 3: Clamped square plate: displacement and moment at the centre using mesh pattern b), L/h = 1000. The dimensionless results w*= w / (qL 4 /100D) and M*=M / (qL²/100)

16. 16 5. Test examples: simply supported skew plate E=10.92, L=100. =0.30, h=1.0, q=1.0 T3-U2 3-node plate element with linked interpolation T6-U3 6-node plate element with linked interpolation T10-U4 10-node plate element with linked interpolation T3-LIM Auricchio-Taylor mixed plate element (FEAP) MIN6 Liu-Riggs element with linear shear Table 6: Simply supported skew plate (SS1): displacement and moment at the centre with regular meshes, L/h = 100 w*= w / (qL 4 /10000D) M*=M / (qL²/100) with D=Eh³/(12(1-ν²)) and L is a span Element m T3-LIM [27 ]MIN6 meshw*M 22 *M 11 *w*M 22 *M 11 * 2x20.635910.92071.78270.4424581.612392.53454 4x40.458191.03761.85320.3864721.363332.10434 8x80.430371.10081.92470.4058621.166171.95019 12x120.4147501.133351.94337 16x160.423821.12331.93760.4183851.132701.94618 24x240.4213071.136041.94954 32x320.421831.12841.9344 48x48 Ref. [31]0.423 ElementT3-U2 =MIN3T6-U3T10-U4 meshw*M 22 *M 11 *w*M 22 *M 11 *w*M 22 *M 11 * 2x20.4252880.656471.355840.4423371.595472.489080.2597110.679911.29292 4x40.3931561.008231.720500.3913931.384152.105330.4101361.178511.92258 8x80.3765691.117471.846300.4090281.183491.961000.4198181.127741.94013 12x120.4166921.141721.94918 16x160.4035241.090721.877530.4197691.138141.950240.4232071.137741.95080 24x240.4127991.103601.922910.4221811.139341.95222 32x320.4163901.113611.93165 48x480.4193061.123681.93948 Ref. [31]0.423

17. 17 4. Test examples: simply supported skew plate [36] L.S.D. Morley, Bending of simply supported rhombic plate under uniform normal loading, Quart. Journ. Mech. and Applied Math. Vol. 15, 413-426, 1962. E=10.92, L=100. =0.30, h=0.1, q=1.0 T3-U2 3-node plate element with linked interpolation T6-U3 6-node plate element with linked interpolationm T10-U4 10-node plate element with linked interpolationm MIN6 Liu-Riggs element with linear shear ElementT3-U2 = MIN3T6-U3T10-U4 meshw*M 22 *M 11 *w*M 22 *M 11 *w*M 22 *M 11 * 2x20.4211150.647901.338190.4431041.624312.527220.2461080.602151.16324 4x40.3939991.017571.670130.3486981.304231.984290.3564691.057041.76663 8x80.3053181.117451.585320.3265640.863351.719940.3654340.950471.78325 12x120.3437200.913641.765820.3903311.021111.85543 16x160.2856071.055191.614220.3581650.971791.80192 24x240.3098661.052111.681620.3764410.994801.82813 32x320.3306571.009841.72183 48x480.3604400.960621.77377 Ref. [36] 0.40801.081.910.40801.081.91 0.40801.081.91 ElementD.o.f.MIN6 meshw*M 22 *M 11 * 2x2590.4431091.624212.52671 4x42110.3484781.303081.98405 8x88030.3241820.833731.70398 12x1217790.3398810.867541.74022 16x1631390.3543280.937471.78247 24x2470110.3730690.978501.81691 32x32 48x48 Ref. [36]0.40801.081.91 Table 7: Simply supported skew plate (SS1): displacement and moment at the centre with regular meshes, L/h = 1000 w*= w / (qL 4 /10000D) M*=M / (qL²/100) with D=Eh³/(12(1-ν²)) and L is a span

18. Figure 19: Simply supported skew plate under uniform load – b) principal moment in D-C-E direction (M 22 ) distribution along diagonal A-C - a) perpendicular principal moment (M 11 ) distribution along diagonal A-C 18 4. Test examples: simply supported skew plate

19. 5. Application on shells 19 Basic triangular elements T3U2, T6U3 and T10U4 can be applied on facet shell elements to approximate folded plate structures and shells. Inplane stiffness is added to the transverse stiffness of the element Straight element sides insure constant shear along the element

20. 5. Example of a folded plate structure 20 T3-U2T6-U3T10-U4 Me sh wcwc wewe wcwc wewe wcwc wewe M8 -0.051370.06109-0.0555870.06240-0.0562730.06280 M1 -0.052650.06302-0.0570220.06394-0.0564260.06022 Q4-U2SHELL from FEAP Me sh wcwc wewe wcwc wewe M8 -0.055580.06355-0.0560560.06378 M1 -0.056900.06479-0.0571890.06479 Table 8: Vertical and horizontal displacements at the control points of the folded plate structure (one quarter of the model)

21. 7. Conclusions A family of linked interpolation functions for straight Timoshenko beam is generalized to 2D plate problem of solving Mindlin equations for moderately thick plates Resulting solutions are just approximations to the true solution problem unlike straight Timoshenko beam where exact solution is achieved Displacement field and rotational field for plate behavior are interdependent. Only first derivatives are needed The bubble term for the displacement field (not present in beam element) is important for satisfying standard patch tests, especially for higher order elements and higher order patch tests. Linked interpolation formulations for 3-node thick plate elements, often combined with additional internal degrees of freedom, were proposed earlier in the literature. Here we propose a structured family of thick plate elements based on the interpolation of just displacements and rotations (displacement based approach). They are reasonably competitive to the elements based on mixed approaches in designing thick and thin plates and folded plate structures. In the limiting case of thin plates, depending on type of loading, low order elements exhibit locking due to inadequate shear interpolation and they require denser meshes to completely overcome this effect. 21

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