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A mixed computational algorithm based on the updated Lagrangian description for plane elastic contact problems

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dc.contributor Engineering Mechanics
dc.creator Heyliger, Paul R.
dc.date 2014-08-13T14:38:24Z
dc.date 2014-08-13T14:38:24Z
dc.date 1986
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-28T18:22:18Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-28T18:22:18Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49793
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/269801
dc.description A mixed variational statement and corresponding finite element model are developed for an arbitrary plane body undergoing large deformations (i.e. large displacements, large rotations and small strains) under external loads using the updated Lagrangian formulation. The mixed finite element formulation allows the nodal displacements and stresses to be approximated independently. Inclusion of stresses as the nodal variables allows the satisfaction of stress equilibrium and contact boundary conditions more exactly than in the displacement finite element model. Two algorithms are discussed for the analysis of a thin, uniformly loaded plate with a circular hole in contact with a pin. The different algorithms consider the separate cases of a rigid pin and a flexible pin, and use different methods to account for the computational difficulties that arise from the unknown contact area and the presence of friction between the pin and the plate. Both techniques use the nonlinear mixed finite element formulation. A number of different contact problems are solved using these two techniques. A hybrid technique is presented that combines the numerical technique of the finite element method with the experimental technique of moire interferometry. The displacements at the pin-hole interface are measured from physical experiments and are then used as prescribed boundary conditions in the finite element analysis of the modeled problem, which in turn is used to compute the required stresses at the contact region. Results of this algorithm are compared with solutions obtained from strictly computational algorithms that are independent of the experimental data.
dc.description Ph. D.
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dc.format x, 153 leaves
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dc.publisher Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
dc.relation OCLC# 15233960
dc.rights In Copyright
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dc.subject LD5655.V856 1986.H495
dc.subject Algorithms
dc.title A mixed computational algorithm based on the updated Lagrangian description for plane elastic contact problems
dc.type Dissertation
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