A hypercircle method of frame analysis. I: Theory. II: Practice

DOI10.1016/0020-7683(88)90061-3MaRDI QIDQ1098361zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors C. A. Nelson, L. E. Goodman

Publication date 1988

Published in International Journal of Solids and Structures (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7683(88)90061-3

zbMATH Keywords

bounding formulaefour-node rectangular finite elementfunction space methodhypercircle methodinternal stresslocal deformationreducing the number of statical and kinematical degrees of freedomrigid-jointed planar framesstrain energysuperelementsupper and lower bounds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10)

Review text

The hypercircle method of \textit{J. L. Synge} and \textit{W. Prager} [Q. Appl. Math. 5, 241-269 (1947; Zbl 0029.23505)] is applied to the structural analysis of rigid-jointed planar frames. In Part I theoretical foundations of the method are developed and bounding formulae derived. These provide upper and lower bounds, as narrow as desired, on strain energy, local deformation and internal stress. A new procedure for reducing the number of statical and kinematical degrees of freedom is introduced. In Part II the hypercircle method of structural analysis, is shown to have certain advantages, in terms of computer time required, over conventional methods of analysis for very large rigid-jointed planar frames. This efficiency is achieved by the systematic use of ``superelements based on the four-node rectangular finite element.

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