Shear deformation effect in nonlinear analysis of spatial composite beams subjected to variable axial loading by BEM (Q2458015)

The authors apply a boundary element method to nonlinear analysis of composite prismatic beams of arbitrary doubly-symmetric constant cross-section, taking into account the shear deformation effect. The composite beam consists of materials in contact, each of which can surround a finite number of inclusions. The materials have different moduli of elasticity and shear moduli. The beam is subjected to an arbitrarily concentrated or distributed variable axial loading. To account for shear deformations, the concept of shear deformation coefficients is used. Five boundary value problems are formulated for transverse displacements and axial displacement, and two stress functions are found using boundary element method. Application of the boundary element technique yields a system of nonlinear equations from which transverse and axial displacements are computed by an iterative process. The evaluation of shear deformation coefficients is accomplished from the aforementioned stress functions using only boundary integration. Numerical examples with significant practical interest are worked out to illustrate the efficiency and the range of validity of the present boundary element method.