Abstract
When 2 × 2 quadrature is used with the 9-node Lagrange element, which is essential in C0 plate elements to avoid locking, spurious singular modes appear on the element level which can lead to singularity or near-singularity of the global equations. Here these modes are controlled by a procedure that introduces additional generalized stresses and strains so that the spurious modes are eliminated and the consistency of the resulting finite difference equations is not impaired; hence the procedure passes the patch test. Applications to the diffusion and Mindlin plate equations are presented. Results show that h3 convergence in the L2-norm is almost retained.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 269-295 |
Number of pages | 27 |
Journal | Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1984 |
Funding
*The research was supported by the Air Force Oflice of Scientific Research under Grant F-4%2~~g2-K-~13.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computational Mechanics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Computer Science Applications