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A Derivation Procedure for the Dynamic Flexibility Matrix of a Triangular Bending Element

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

J. Robinson
J. Robinson*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southampton now at Structural Mechanics and Materials Dept, Lockheed-California
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Of the two main finite element approaches, the displacement method has progressed more rapidly than the force method in the area of element representation. Many authors have contributed to the displacement method with both static and dynamic stiffness matrices for beam elements, plane stress elements and plate bending elements. The plane stress and bending elements being rectangular, triangular or quadrilateral in form. A dynamic stiffness matrix consists of a static stiffness matrix and a mass matrix. In the force method, .static flexibility matrices have been developed for beam elements and plane stress elements. However, static flexibility matrices for plate bending elements have only recently been published (Kaufman and Hall, Morley, Robinson, Przemieniecki). For the past few years, the author has been investigating the rank force method for structural vibration analysis. In ref. 6 a dynamic flexibility matrix is presented for a beam element. This matrix consists of a static flexibility matrix and an inverse mass matrix. Ref. 5 contains the derivation of a dynamic flexibility matrix for a rectangular plate element in bending, twisting and shear. The author, in collaboration with Petyt, demonstrated how a dynamic stiffness and flexibility matrix can be extended to include material damping.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 74 , Issue 712 , April 1970 , pp. 327 - 330
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1970 

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