Improved eight-node non-conforming hexahedral element for structures of various shapes

Autor: Shengrong Hu, Jingjing Xu, Xinhong Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Forces in Mechanics, Vol 17, Iss , Pp 100293- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2666-3597
DOI: 10.1016/j.finmec.2024.100293
Popis: A previous 8-node 24-degree-of-freedom hexahedral element H8i9 is modified to improve its performance in structures of various shapes, especially in plates and shells. First, the complicated correction coefficients for non-conforming modes required by the patch test are reduced to constant values independent of the element. Second, the element strain field is enhanced with bilinear modes by the introduction of a trilinear non-conforming mode. Third, the iterative regularization used to address the ill-conditioned stiffness matrix is replaced by a special 9-point integration rule. Benchmark tests demonstrate that the new element H8ij10 outperforms the previous version, particularly with a notable improvement in coarse-mesh accuracy in plate and shell issues.
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