An edge-based smoothed finite element method for primal-dual shakedown analysis of structures

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 917-938

  Tran, Thanh Ngoc ^a,b   Liu, G R ^a,c   Nguyen Xuan, H ^c,d   Nguyen Thoi, T ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HANOI ARCHITECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^d Department of Mechanics   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Duality; Edge based smoothed finite element method (ES FEM); Limit analysis; Non linear programming; Shakedown analysis; Strain smoothing

Indexed keywords

BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; CONVERGENCE RATES; EDGE-BASED; FREE AND FORCED VIBRATION ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN POINT; LIMIT ANALYSIS; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PLASTIC COLLAPSE; PRIMAL DUAL ALGORITHMS; PRIMAL-DUAL; SHAKEDOWN ANALYSIS; SHAKEDOWN LIMIT; SMOOTHED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SMOOTHING FUNCTION; STANDARD FINITE ELEMENT; TRIANGULAR ELEMENTS; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS; VON MISES YIELD CRITERION;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FUNCTIONS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77951287432     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2804     Document Type: Article

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