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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2011-12-01

发表刊物：COMPUTERS & STRUCTURES

收录刊物：Scopus、SCIE、EI

卷号：89

期号：23-24

页面范围：2352-2360

ISSN号：0045-7949

关键字：Bimodular structures; Parametric variational principle; Parametric quadratic programming method; Finite element method

摘要：The aim of this paper is to develop a stable and efficient computational method for static analysis of bimodular materials and structures, which exhibit different mechanical behaviors in tension and compression. Based on the parametric variational principle (PVP) and finite element method (FEM), a unified constitutive equation with parametric variables is established in the principal stress directions. Eventually, the original problem is evolved into a standard complementary quadratic programming problem that can be solved easily. Compared with conventional iterative techniques, the proposed method does not need the pre-assumption of stress states as well as the update of elastic and stiffness matrices and thus presents an excellent convergence behavior. Numerical examples demonstrate the validity and efficiency of this method. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.