TY - JOUR
T1 - An explicit expression for the tangent-stiffness of a finitely deformed 3-D beam and its use in the analysis of space frames
AU - Kondoh, K.
AU - Tanaka, K.
AU - Atluri, S. N.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements-This work was supportedb y the Air ForceW rightA eronauticaLla bs underc ontractF 33615-83-K-3205a nd in part by the USAFOSR under grant 84-002OAT.h eses upportsa s well as the helpfuld iscussions with Drs N. S. Khot and A. K. Amos are gratefully acknowledgedT.h e skilful assistanceof MS Joyce Webb in the preparationo f this paperi s sincerelya ppreciated.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - Simplified procedures for finite-deformation analyses of space frames, using one beam element to model each member of the frame, are presented. Each element can undergo three-dimensional. arbitrarily large, rigid motions as well as moderately large non-rigid rotations. Each element can withstand three moments and three forces. The nonlinear bending-stretching coupling in each element is accounted for. By obtaining exact solutions to the appropriate governing differential equations, an explicit expression for the tangent-stiffness matrix of each element, valid at any stage during a wide range of finite deformations, is derived. An arc length method is used to incrementally compute the large deformation behavior of space frames. Several examples which illustrate the efficiency and simplicity of the developed procedures are presented. While the finitely deformed frame is assumed to remain elastic in the present paper, a plastic hinge method, wherein a hinge is assumed to form at an arbitrary location in the element, is presented in a companion paper.
AB - Simplified procedures for finite-deformation analyses of space frames, using one beam element to model each member of the frame, are presented. Each element can undergo three-dimensional. arbitrarily large, rigid motions as well as moderately large non-rigid rotations. Each element can withstand three moments and three forces. The nonlinear bending-stretching coupling in each element is accounted for. By obtaining exact solutions to the appropriate governing differential equations, an explicit expression for the tangent-stiffness matrix of each element, valid at any stage during a wide range of finite deformations, is derived. An arc length method is used to incrementally compute the large deformation behavior of space frames. Several examples which illustrate the efficiency and simplicity of the developed procedures are presented. While the finitely deformed frame is assumed to remain elastic in the present paper, a plastic hinge method, wherein a hinge is assumed to form at an arbitrary location in the element, is presented in a companion paper.
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U2 - 10.1016/0045-7949(86)90284-1
DO - 10.1016/0045-7949(86)90284-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38249043639
SN - 0045-7949
VL - 24
SP - 253
EP - 271
JO - Computers and Structures
JF - Computers and Structures
IS - 2
ER -