Analysis of hybrid methods of mixed-shear-projected triangular and quadrilateral elements for Reissner-Mindlin plates

arXiv1410.3683MaRDI QIDQ6255486FDOQ6255486

Authors: Guozhu Yu, Xiaoping Xie, Yuanhui Guo 

Publication date: 14 October 2014

Abstract: It is known that the 3-node hybrid triangular element MiSP3 and 4-node hybrid quadrilateral element MiSP4 presented by Ayad, Dhatt and Batoz (Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engng 1998, 42: 1149-1179) for Reissner-Mindlin plates behave robustly in numerical benchmark tests. These two elements are based on Hellinger-Reissner variational principle, where continuous piecewise linear/isoparametric bilinear interpolations, as well as the mixed shear interpolation/projection technique of MITC family, are used for the approximations of displacements, and piecewise-independent equilibrium modes are used for the approximation of bending moments/shear stresses. We show that the MiSP3 and MiSP4 elements are uniformly stable with respect to the plate thickness and thus free from shear-locking.

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