Metodo de continuação baseado em programação matematica na mecanica estrutural não-linear

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

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Non-linear problems in structural mechanics in general require the use of solution methods that control the displacements and the load leveI simultaneously. One of the most popular method used in these cases is the arc-length method. The arc-length method introduces one additional constraint equation to the non-linear equilibrium equations of the problem. The solution of the equilibrium equations with the additional constraints should keep a limited displacement to avoid numerical divergence during the solution procedure. The classical arc length method involves two solution phases, prediction and correction. A difficulty of this method is that it can re-compute a solution already determined, requiring the use of some cri teria that are not robust enough to choose the adequated solution. This work proposes an alternative formulation for the arc-length method using the concepts of mathematical programming, where a constrained minimization problem is formulated. The objective function is established in terms of the equilibrium residue and the arc-length constraint should ensure displacements and load leveI control. Besides this, an additional constraint equation is employed to guarantee the uniqueness of the solution, improving the solution path compared to the classical arc-length method. To verify the proposed methodology computational performance some problems involving the effects of large displacements in truss structures are presented. The implementation was done in the software Matlab due to its facility and the computational tools that are available, such as the optimization toolbox functions

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metodos de continuação programação (matematica) metodos dos elementos finitos mecanica não-linear programação não-linear

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