Development of Membrane, Plate and Flat Shell Elements in Java

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dc.contributor.authorKansara, Kaushalkumaren
dc.contributor.committeechairRojiani, Kamal B.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRoberts-Wollmann, Carin L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberEasterling, William Samuelen
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-06T16:01:33Zen
dc.date.adate2004-05-25en
dc.date.available2011-08-06T16:01:33Zen
dc.date.issued2004-05-03en
dc.date.rdate2004-05-25en
dc.date.sdate2004-05-14en
dc.description.abstractThe development of triangular and quadrilateral membrane, plate and shell elements in Java using the object oriented programming technique is presented. The membrane elements developed are the constant strain triangle (CST) element and the four node isoparametric quadrilateral membrane element. The plate bending elements developed are the discrete Kirchoff triangular (DKT) element and discrete Kirchoff quadrilateral (DKQ) element. The flat shell elements are developed by super imposing the stiffness of the membrane element and plate bending element. A finite element analysis program is also developed to check the accuracy of the developed elements. The program is developed using the object oriented programming approach as an alternative to traditional procedural programming. Several test structures are analyzed using the developed program for each developed element and the results are compared with those obtained from the commercial finite element analysis program SAP 2000. The results indicate that all elements give accurate displacements. However, there were significant differences in stresses for the shell elements, which can be attributable to the approximate approach in these elements to model the drilling degree of freedom.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05142004-234133en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05142004-234133en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/9936en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartThesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectFinite element methoden
dc.subjectmembraneen
dc.subjectJavaen
dc.subjectflat shellen
dc.subjectplateen
dc.titleDevelopment of Membrane, Plate and Flat Shell Elements in Javaen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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