Ludwick Cantilever Beam in Large Deflection Under Vertical Constant Load

The aim of this paper is to calculate the horizontal and vertical displacements of a cantilever beam in large deflections. The proposed structure is composed with Ludwick material exhibiting a different behavior to tensile and compressive actions. The geometry of the cross-section is constant and re...

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Published inThe open mechanical engineering journal Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 23 - 37
Main Authors Borboni, Alberto, Santis, Diego De, Solazzi, Luigi, Villafañe, Jorge Hugo, Faglia, Rodolfo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 28.03.2016
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Summary:The aim of this paper is to calculate the horizontal and vertical displacements of a cantilever beam in large deflections. The proposed structure is composed with Ludwick material exhibiting a different behavior to tensile and compressive actions. The geometry of the cross-section is constant and rectangular, while the external action is a vertical constant load applied at the free end. The problem is nonlinear due to the constitutive model and to the large deflections. The associated computational problem is related to the solution of a set of equation in conjunction with an ODE. An approximated approach is proposed here based on the application Newton-Raphson approach on a custom mesh and in cascade with an Eulerian method for the differential equation.
ISSN:1874-155X
1874-155X
DOI:10.2174/1874155X01610010023