... from the mesh adaptivity. Findings Several numerical examples are presented in order to illustrate a very satisfying performance of the proposed methodology in guiding the final choice of the optimal model and mesh in analysis of complex plate structures. Originality/value The paper confirms...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Finite element analysis Plate structures Force Flexibility Graph theory The force method of structural analysis, in which the member forces are used as unknowns, is appealing to engineers, since the properties of members of a structure most often...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Galerkin method Elastoplastic analysis Plate structures The approximation u^h(x) of the function u(x) is defined in the domain Ω as: Equation 25 where p (x) are monomials in the space co‐ordinates...

... facilitated a great improvement in the emergence of new designs, they are still limited by the fact that a suitable topology must be assumed initially. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Optimization techniques Shell structures Stiffness matrices Plate structures Shells are widely...

...‐optimal hole shapes, whereas no recirculation zones are present for optimal shapes. In general, it is considered that loadflow visualisation is a simple but powerful tool for use by structural designers and analysts. © Authors 2002 Plate structures Finite element analysis The use...

... problem: find (p,\underlineW) with \underlineW ≠0 where w is a parameter. (see equation 40) © MCB UP Limited 2001 Vibration Variable frequency Plate structures The modeling and calculation of the vibrational response of elastic structures...

... of the paper is concerned with the sensitivity analysis of damage indices with respect to support or mass location. The second part deals with the identification problem for which the specific examples are treated. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Beams Plate structures Frequency Sensitivity evaluation...

...P.M. McDermott; Y.W. Kwon An algorithm for stable transient solutions was developed for a non‐linear constitutive model for void growth and nucleation with elasto‐plastic deformation of plate structures under bending loads. The Gurson model was used for void growth and plastic deformation...

...F. Belblidia; S.M.B. Afonso; E. Hinton; G.C.R. Antonino Topology optimization and conventional structural sizing optimization procedures are used together to obtain optimum designs for plate structures. A three‐layer, Mindlin‐Reissner plate model is first used with topology optimization...

... of global axes (X, Y), Figure 2 . The change of co‐ordinates between these two systems is as follows: (3) © MCB UP Limited 1997 Finite element analysis Plate structures The plate bending element presented here will be denoted by P15N: 1...

... calculated. On the completion of this process for each element in the model, the new eigenvalue can be calculated. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Error estimation Finite element analysis Natural frequencies Plate structures The finite element method discretizes a structure into relatively...