Nonlinear finite elements/Homework 6/Solutions/Problem 1/Part 3

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Problem 1: Part 3[edit | edit source]

The rate of deformation is defined as

where is the velocity. In index notation, we write

Given the above definition, derive equations (9.2.1) through (9.2.7) of the book chapter.

The motion of a point on the beam with respect to a point on the reference line is shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Motion of continuum-based beam.

Since the normal () rotates as a rigid body, the velocity of point with respect to is given by

where is the angular velocity of the normal, and is the vector from to .

Expressed in terms of the local basis vectors , , and , the angular velocity and the radial vector are

Therefore,

Let be the velocity of the point at time . Then the actual velocity of point is

Now, in terms of the local basis vectors

Therefore,

Therefore, the velocity of any point in terms of the local basis at its orthogonal projection at the reference line is

The components of the rate of deformation tensor are

In terms of the local basis, these components are

For the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory, the normals remain normal to the reference line. Let be the rotation of the normal. Then, the rotation is given by (see Figure 3)

where is the displacement in the local -direction at a point on the reference line.

Figure 3. Euler-Bernoulli beam kinematics.

The angular velocity of the normal is given by

Hence,