• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 1993년도 봄 학술발표회논문집
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• pp.11-18
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• 1993

An Analytical study of shear locking is introduced for linear thick beam element. The appropriate sampling point which eliminate shear locking phenomenon was Proposed through this study. Reduced integration point is exactly same as the sampling point obtained from this study. Numerical example indicates how shear locking is serious. some solutions for shear locking are presented.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.181-199
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• 2014

Locking phenomenon is a mesh problem and can be staved off with mesh refinement. If the studier is not preferred going to the solution with increasing mesh size or the computer memory can stack over flow than using higher order plate finite element or using integration techniques is a solution for this problem. The purpose of this paper is to show the shear locking phenomenon can be avoided by increase low order finite element mesh size of the plates and to study shear locking-free analysis of thick plates using Mindlin's theory by using higher order displacement shape function and to determine the effects of various parameters such as the thickness/span ratio, mesh size on the linear responses of thick plates subjected to uniformly distributed loads. A computer program using finite element method is coded in C++ to analyze the plates clamped or simply supported along all four edges. In the analysis, 4-, 8- and 17-noded quadrilateral finite elements are used. It is concluded that 17-noded finite element converges to exact results much faster than 8-noded finite element, and that it is better to use 17-noded finite element for shear-locking free analysis of plates.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.853-865
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• 1997

The design of robust plate and shell elements has been a very challenging area for several decades. The main difficulty has been the shear locking phenomenon in plate elements and the shear and membrane locking phenomena together in the shell elements. Among the various artifices or devices which are used to develop elements free of these problems is the field-consistency approach. In this paper this approach is reviewed, It turns out that not only Mindlin type elements but also elements based on higher-order theories could be developed using the technique.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.365-374
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• 2023

This paper presents a new scheme for constructing locking-free finite elements in thick and thin plates, called Discrete Shear Gap element (DSG), using multiphase material topology optimization for triangular elements of Reissner-Mindlin plates. Besides, common methods are also presented in this article, such as quadrilateral element (Q4) and reduced integration method. Moreover, when the plate gets too thin, the transverse shear-locking problem arises. To avoid that phenomenon, the stabilized discrete shear gap technique is utilized in the DSG3 system stiffness matrix formulation. The accuracy and efficiency of DSG are demonstrated by the numerical examples, and many superior properties are presented, such as being a strong competitor to the common kind of Q4 elements in the static topology optimization and its computed results are confirmed against those derived from the three-node triangular element, and other existing solutions.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.393-410
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• 2011

The eight-node 3D solid element is one of the most extensively used elements in computational mechanics. This is due to its simple shape and easy of discretization. However, due to the parasitic shear locking, it should not be used to simulate the behaviour of structural members in bending dominant conditions. Previous researches have indicated that the introduction of incompatible mode into the displacement field of the solid element could significantly reduce the shear locking phenomenon. In this study, an incompatible mode eight-node solid element, which considers both geometric and material nonlinearities, is developed for modelling of structural members at elevated temperatures. An algorithm is developed to extend the state determination procedure at ambient temperature to elevated temperatures overcoming initially converged stress locking when the external load is kept constant. Numerical studies show that this incompatible element is superior in terms of convergence, mesh insensitivity and reducing shear locking. It is also showed that the solid element model developed in this paper can be used to model structural behaviour at both ambient and elevated temperatures.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.349-359
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• 2001

본 논분은 평판구조물의 동적 시간이력해석을 수행하기 위하여 개발된 사절점 판요소에 대하여 기술하였다. 이 요소는 두꺼운 판에서 발생하는 횡전단 변형효과를 고려하기 위하여 Reissner-Mindlin(RM)가정을 도달하였다. 알려진 바와 같이 RM가정을 바탕으로 개발된 판요소가 얇은 판에 적용되면 전단강성 과대현상(,Shear Locking Phenomenon)을 일으키는데 이를 개선하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 가변형도법을 이용한 대체변형도를 자연좌표계에 준하여 명시적으로 유도하였다. 개발된 저차 판요소는 중앙 차분법을 이용한 명시적인 동적 해석 알고리즘에 적용되었으며 이때 판의 대각질량행렬은 특별집중질량법을 사용하여 형성하였다. 개발된 판의 성능은 수치예제를 통하여 평가하고 검증하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.1408-1415
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• 2002

In this paper, we investigate the effect and the importance of the accuracy of finite element analysis in the shape optimization based on the finite element method and improve the existing finite element which has inaccuracy in some cases. And then, the shape optimization is performed by using the improved finite element. One of the main stream to improve finite element is the prevention of locking phenomenon. In case of bending dominant problems, finite element solutions cannot be reliable because of shear locking phenomenon. In the process of shape optimization, the mesh distortion is large due to the change of the structure outline. So, we have to raise the accuracy of finite element analysis for the large mesh distortion. We cannot guarantee the accurate result unless the finite element itself is accurate or the finite elements are remeshed. So, we approach to more accurate shape optimization to diminish these inaccuracies by improving the existing finite element. The shape optimization using the modified finite element is applied to a two and three dimensional simple beam. Results show that the modified finite element has improved the optimization results.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.155-163
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• 1996

전통적인 유한요소법을 이용하여 얇은 탄성 구조물을 해석하는 경우, 전단 및 막 록킹에 의하여 해석결과의 품질이 저하될 수 있다. 더욱이 수치결과의 록킹방생 여부를 다른 참고할 만한 자료와 비교하지 않고 감지한다는 것은 그다지 쉽지 않다. 본 논문은 록킹에 대한 이론적 해석과 더불어 후 록킹인식을 위한 신뢰성이 있는 한가지 간단한 방법을 소개하고자 한다. 또한 이론적인 결과를 입증하기 위한 수치결과도 주어져 있다.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.2694-2703
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• 1993

In the vibration analysis of Timoshenko beams by the finite element method, it is necessary to use a large number of elements or higher-order elements in modeling thin beams. This is because the overestimated stiffness matrix due to the shear locking phenomenon when lower-order displacement-based elements are used yields poor eigensolutions. As a result, the total number of degrees of freedom becomes critical in view of computational efficiency. In this paper, the curvature-based formulation is applied to the vibration problem. It is shown that the curvaturebased beam elements are free of shear locking and very efficient in the vibration analysis.

• Architectural research
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2016

The stability and resistance of the plates under in-plane loading is crucial in the design of structures. For the assessment of structural stability, it is necessarily required to have accurate finite element technologies. Therefore, the enhanced 9-node plate (Q9-ANS) element is introduced for the linear buckling analysis of plate where the critical buckling load has to be determined. The Q9-ANS is developed with the Reissner-Mindlin (RM) assumptions which consider transverse shear deformation of the plate. Assumed shear strain is used to alleviate the shear locking phenomenon. Numerical examples are carried out to verify the performance of the Q9-ANS element in calculation of critical buckling load of the plates.