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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/was.2018.27.4.235

Elastic analysis of arbitrary shape plates using Meshless local Petrov-Galerkin method  

Edalati, H. (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Jasb Branch, Islamic Azad University)
Soltani, B. (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kashan)
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Wind and Structures / v.27, no.4, 2018 , pp. 235-245 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study the stress analysis of orthotropic thin plate with arbitrary shapes for different boundary conditionsis investigated. Meshfreemethod is applied to static analysis of thin plates with various geometries based on the Kirchhoff classical plate theory. According to the meshfree method the domain of the plates are expressed through a set of nodes without using mesh. In this method, a set of nodes are defined in a standard rectangular domain, then via a third order map, these nodes are transferred to the main domain of the original geometry; therefore the analysis of the plates can be done. Herein, Meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) as a meshfree numerical method is utilized. The MLS function in MLPG does not satisfy essential boundary conditions using Delta Kronecker. In the MLPG method, direct interpolation of the boundary conditions can be applied due to constructing node by node of the system equations. The detailed parametric study is conducted, focusing on the arbitrary geometries of the thin plates. Results show that the meshfree method provides better accuracy rather than finite element method. Also, it is found that trend of the figures have good agreement with relevant published papers.
Keywords
Meshfree; Mindlin classical plate's theory; Lagrange method; weak form integral; MLPG;
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