Error estimates in 2-node shear-flexible beam elements

Singh, Gajbir ; Venkateswara Rao, G. (2003) Error estimates in 2-node shear-flexible beam elements Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, 19 (7). pp. 491-501. ISSN 1069-8299

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Abstract

The objective of the paper is to report the investigation of error estimates/or convergence characteristics of shear-flexible beam elements. The order and magnitude of principal discretization error in the usage of various types beam elements such as: (a) 2-node standard isoparametric element, (b) 2-node field-consistent/reduced integration element and (c) 2-node coupled-displacement field element, is assessed herein. The method employs classical order of error analyses that is commonly used to evaluate the discretization error of finite difference methods. The finite element equilibrium equations at any node are expressed in terms of differential equations through the use of Taylor series. These differential equations are compared with the governing equations and error terms are identified. It is shown that the discretization error in coupled-field elements is the least compared to the field-consistent and standard finite elements (based on exact integration).

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Keywords:Discretization Error; Coupled-displacementField; Field-consistency; Shear-flexible; Shear-locking
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