Fully Comprehensive Geometrically Non-Linear Dynamic Analysis of Multi-Body Beam Systems with Elastic Couplings

Pollayi, Hemaraju and Harursampath, Dineshkumar (2008) Fully Comprehensive Geometrically Non-Linear Dynamic Analysis of Multi-Body Beam Systems with Elastic Couplings. In: 13th National Conference on Mechanisms and Machines (NaCoMM07),IISc, Bangalore, India, December 12-13, 2007, IISc, Bangalore, India.

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Abstract

This paper is concerned with the dynamic analysis of flexible,non-linear multi-body beam systems. The focus is on problems where the strains within each elastic body (beam) remain small. Based on geometrically non-linear elasticity theory, the non-linear 3-D beam problem splits into either a linear or non-linear 2-D analysis of the beam cross-section and a non-linear 1-D analysis along the beam reference line. The splitting of the three-dimensional beam problem into two- and one-dimensional parts, called dimensional reduction,results in a tremendous savings of computational effort relative to the cost of three-dimensional finite element analysis,the only alternative for realistic beams. The analysis of beam-like structures made of laminated composite materials requires a much more complicated methodology. Hence, the analysis procedure based on Variational Asymptotic Method (VAM), a tool to carry out the dimensional reduction, is used here.The analysis methodology can be viewed as a 3-step procedure. First, the sectional properties of beams made of composite materials are determined either based on an asymptotic procedure that involves a 2-D finite element nonlinear analysis of the beam cross-section to capture trapeze effect or using strip-like beam analysis, starting from Classical Laminated Shell Theory (CLST). Second, the dynamic response of non-linear, flexible multi-body beam systems is simulated within the framework of energy-preserving and energy-decaying time integration schemes that provide unconditional stability for non-linear beam systems. Finally,local 3-D responses in the beams are recovered, based on the 1-D responses predicted in the second step. Numerical examples are presented and results from this analysis are compared with those available in the literature.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Keywords:	comprehensive;geometrically non-linear;VAM;flexible multi- body beam systems;and unconditional stability
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering)
Date Deposited:	29 Sep 2011 10:04
Last Modified:	29 Sep 2011 10:04
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/40952

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