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Showing papers by "Peter Wriggers published in 1989"


Journal ArticleDOI
01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: In this article, a bending theory for thin shells undergoing finite rotations is presented, and its associated finite element model is described The kinematic assumption is based on a Reissner-Mindlin theory, and the starting point for the derivation of the strain measures is the polar decomposition of the material deformation gradient.
Abstract: A bending theory for thin shells undergoing finite rotations is presented, and its associated finite element model is described The kinematic assumption is based on a Reissner-Mindlin theory The starting point for the derivation of the strain measures is the polar decomposition of the material deformation gradient The work-conjugate stress resultants and stress couples are integrals of the Biot stress tensor This tensor is invariant with respect to rigid body motions and therefore appropriate for the formulation of constitutive equations The rotations are described by using Eulerian angles The finite element discretization of arbitrary shells is performed using isoparametric elements The advantage of the proposed shell formulation and its numerical model is shown by application to different non-linear plate and shell problems Finite rotations can be calculated within one load increment Thus the step size of the load increment is only imited by the local convergence behaviour of Newton's method or the appearance of stability phenomena

89 citations


Book ChapterDOI
01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: In den nachfolgenden Berichten ausfuhrlicher diskutiert werden, angesprochen werde sollen as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Nichtlineare Aufgabenstellungen treten bei Problemen der Ingenieurpraxis aufgrund neuer Fertigungsmethoden, hoherer Ausnutzung der Strukturen und durch die Verwendung neuartiger Materialien immer haufiger auf. Durch die hohe Bandbreite der Anwendungen ist das Gebiet der nichtlinearen Berechnungen sehr umfangreich. So kann dieser Ubersichtsartikel auch nur einen Ausschnitt aus diesem Spektrum wiedergeben, wobei jedoch die wesentlichen Aspekte, die in den nachfolgenden Berichten ausfuhrlicher diskutiert werden, angesprochen werden sollen.

13 citations