Practical stability of the ``cross'' scheme in numerical integration of dynamic equations for flexible thin-walled structure elements under the Timoshenko theory hypotheses (Q2812866)

In the framework of two variants of the Timoshenko theory, an initial-boundary value dynamic problem for flexible isotropic and composite elastic beam-walls is formulated in the von Kármán approximation. A qualitative analysis of the resolving motion equations is carried out. It is shown that, in the geometrically linear statement, the elastic beams dynamics is described by a hyperbolic-type system. Also, in the case of flexible beam deformations, the system of resolving motion equations can change its type by degenerating from the hyperbolic-type system into a mixed-compound type system. Finite difference and variation-difference versions of the time explicit ``cross'' scheme are developed for numerical integration of the formulated boundary-value problems.