• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.711-725
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• 1998

Mixed finite element formulations for incompressible materials show pressure oscillations or pressure modes in four-node quadrilateral elements. The criterion for the stability in the pressure solution is the so-called Babu$\check{s}$ka-Brezzi stability condition, and the four-node elements based on mixed variational principles do not appear to satisfy this condition. In this study, a pressure continuity residual based on the pressure discontinuity at element edges proposed by Hughes and Franca is used to study the stabilization of pressure solutions in bilinear displacement-constant pressure four-node quadrilateral elements. Also, a solid mechanics problem is presented by which the stability of mixed elements can be studied. It is shown that the pressure solutions, although stable, are shown to exhibit sensitivity to the stabilization parameters.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제83권2호
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• pp.273-282
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• 2022

In this paper, we propose a new concept for error estimation in finite element solutions, which we call mode-based error estimation. The proposed error estimation predicts a posteriori error calculated by the difference between the direct finite element (FE) approximation and the recovered FE approximation. The mode-based FE formulation for the recently developed self-updated finite element is employed to calculate the recovered solution. The formulation is constructed by searching for optimal bending directions for each element, and deep learning is adopted to help find the optimal bending directions. Through various numerical examples using four-node quadrilateral finite elements, we demonstrate the improved predictive capability of the proposed error estimator compared with other competitive methods.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 1995년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.153-160
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• 1995

Mixed finite element formulations for incompressible materials show pressure oscillations or pressure modes in four-node quadrilateral elements. The criterion for the stability in the pressure solution is the so-called Babufka-Brezzi stability condition, and the four-node elements based on mixed variational principles do not appear to satisfy this condition. In this study, a pressure continuity residual based on the pressure discontinuity at element edges is used to study the stabilization of pressure solutions in bilinear displacement-constant pressure four-node quadrilateral elements. It is shown that the pressure solutions, although stable, exhibit sensitivity to the stabilization parameters.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제59권6호
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• pp.1071-1094
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• 2016

We employ the so-called problem-dependent linked interpolation concept to develop two cubic 4-node quadrilateral plate finite elements with 12 external degrees of freedom that pass the constant bending patch test for arbitrary node positions of which the second element has five additional internal degrees of freedom to get polynomial completeness of the cubic form. The new elements are compared to the existing linked-interpolation quadratic and nine-node cubic elements presented by the author earlier and to the other elements from literature that use the cubic linked interpolation by testing them on several benchmark examples.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.153-168
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• 2000

This paper presents four incompatible but convergent Rational quadrilateral elements, two four-node elements (RQ4Z and RQ4B) and two five-node elements (RQ5Z and RQ5B). The difference between the so-called Rational Finite Element (Zhong and Zeng 1996) and the Free Formulation (Bergan and Nygard 1984) are discussed and compared. The importance of the mode completeness in these formulations is emphasized. Numerical results for several benchmark problems show the good performance of these elements. The two five-nodes elements RQ5Z and RQ5B, which can be viewed as complete quadratic mode elements (with seven stress modes), always give better results than the four nodes elements RQ4Z and RQ4B.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2017

The base force element method (BFEM) is a new finite element method. In this paper, a degenerated 4-mid-node plane element from concave polygonal element of BFEM was proposed. The performance of this quadrilateral element with 4 mid-edge nodes in the BFEM on complementary energy principle is studied. Four examples of linear elastic analysis for plane frame structure are presented. The influence of aspect ratio of the element is analyzed. The feasibility of the 4 mid-edge node element model of BFEM on complementary energy principles researched for plane frame problems. The results using the BFEM are compared with corresponding analytical solutions and those obtained from the standard displacement finite element method. It is revealed that the BFEM has better performance compared to the displacement model in the case of large aspect ratio.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.205-212
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 상용 해석프로그램에서 구현하기에 어려움이 있는 지반공학적 문제를 해결하기 위한 쉽고 직관적인 해석 프로그램 개발의 일환으로 계산의 정확도가 상대적으로 높은 요소를 채택한 유한요소법을 정식화 하고 해석과정을 프로그램화 하였다. 개발된 프로그램의 계산과정에 있어서의 신뢰성 확인을 위해 두 가지 예에 대한 해석을 수행하고 결과분석을 해 보았는데 첫 번째 예는 등방구속압이 요소에 작용하는 경우이고 나머지 예는 전단응력이 요소의 측면에 작용하는 경우이다. 유한요소를 구성하는 요소로는 등매개변수 사변형 요소를 채택하였는데 요소내의 변위는 요소의 절점변위와 형상함수로 표현된다. 전체좌표(global coordinate)에 의한 미분계수로 표현되는 변형률을 얻기 위해 자코비언과 자연좌표(natural coordinate)를 이용하는 계산과정을 코딩하였다. 요소의 강성행렬을 정의하는 이중적분식을 수치적분으로 변환시키기 위해 4점 가우스 구적법을 적용하였다. 개발된 프로그램의 계산과정 검증을 위해 등방구속압이 작용하는 요소에 대한 해석을 수행한 결과 요소내의 네 개의 가우스점과 요소 중앙에 대해 계산된 응력값이 등방구속압과 일치됨을 알 수 있었다. 개발된 프로그램의 계산과정 검증을 위해 전단응력이 작용하는 요소에 대한 해석을 수행한 결과 요소내에 발생되는 횡방향응력 및 연직응력이 위치에 따라 변화됨을 알 수 있었으며 외력에 대한 발생응력의 크기 및 분포양상이 합리적임을 알 수 있었다.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.324-345
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• 2015

A new procedure for determining properties of thick plate finite elements, based on the modified Mindlin theory for moderately thick plate, is presented. Bending deflection is used as a potential function for the definition of total (bending and shear) deflection and angles of cross-section rotations. As a result of the introduced interdependence among displacements, the shear locking problem, present and solved in known finite element formulations, is avoided. Natural vibration analysis of rectangular plate, utilizing the proposed four-node quadrilateral finite element, shows higher accuracy than the sophisticated finite elements incorporated in some commercial software. In addition, the relation between thick and thin finite element properties is established, and compared with those in relevant literature.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제66권5호
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• pp.665-676
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• 2018

In this study, a four-node quadrilateral partial mixed plate element with low degrees of freedom (dofs) is developed for static and free vibration analysis of functionally graded material (FGM) plates rested on Winkler-Pasternak elastic foundations. The formulation of the presented finite element model is based on a parametrized mixed variational principle which is developed recently by the first author. The presented finite element model considers the effects of shear deformations and normal flexibility of the FGM plates without using any shear correction factor. It also fulfills the boundary conditions of the transverse shear and normal stresses on the top and bottom surfaces of the plate. Beside these capabilities, the number of unknown field variables of the plate is only six. The presented partial mixed finite element model has been validated through comparison with the results of the three-dimensional (3D) theory of elasticity and the results obtained from the classical and high-order plate theories available in the open literature.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.189-198
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• 1995

비압축성 물체를 위한 일반적인 유한요소 공식화는 흔히 사용되는 사각형요소에서조차 압력해의 진동화(oscillations) 또는 pressure modes 현상을 나타낸다. 압력해의 안정화를 위한 규준은 소위 Babuska-Brezzi 안정조건이며, 위의 요소들은 이 조건을 만족시키지 못한다. 본 연구에서는 선형변위해와 상수값의 압력해를 갖는 사각형요소 사용시 압력해를 안정화시키기 위해 요소의 변에서 발생하는 불연속압에 근거한 압력연속여분치를 사용한다. 이 압력여분치를 비압축성 탄성론으로부터 유도되는 Q1P0요소에 적용하며 매개변수의 변화에 따른 수치해의 안정화의 정도를 연구한다. 압력해는 압력 여분치 사용시 안정화될 수 있으며, 해의 안정화는 매개변수에 민감성을 나타내었다.