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Sequentially linear solution procedure for non-proportional loading

ELIÁŠ, J. VOŘECHOVSKÝ, M. FRANTÍK, P.

Original Title

Sequentially linear solution procedure for non-proportional loading

Type

miscellaneous

Language

English

Original Abstract

The article proposes an improvement over the widely used sequentially linear solution procedure often utilized for fracture simulations. In the classical secant version of this method, a partial solution of a step is scaled to reach a stress limit in exactly one element and the mechanical properties of the critical element are reduced. General non-proportional loading (replaced here by sequence of loading vectors) is generally unfeasible due to avalanches of ruptures caused by stress redistribution. Because only one loading vector can be scaled at a time, all others have to remain constant during the step. However, the constant load vectors do not allow proper determination of the critical element. A modified procedure based on redistribution of released stresses is developed here. It preserves the linearity of each step. After rupture of the critical element, a sequentially linear redistribution process of stress release takes place until a static equilibrium state is reached. During the redistribution, other elements may break. The proposed enhanced sequential procedure is also compared with another recently published event-by-event linear method for non-proportional loading. It is shown here, with the help of simple examples, that the proposed redistribution method yields correct results for non-proportional loading, unlike the other methods under comparison. The present paper is a promotion of recent journal paper by the authors

Keywords

Non-Proportional Loading, Sequentially Linear Solution, Brittlw Elements, Local Instabilities

Authors

ELIÁŠ, J.; VOŘECHOVSKÝ, M.; FRANTÍK, P.

Released

14. 11. 2011

Location

Luxor

Pages from

279

Pages to

287

Pages count

9

BibTex

@misc{BUT88629,
  author="Jan {Eliáš} and Miroslav {Vořechovský} and Petr {Frantík}",
  title="Sequentially linear solution procedure for non-proportional loading",
  year="2011",
  pages="279--287",
  address="Luxor",
  note="miscellaneous"
}