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=== A Full Example: Buckling of a rod ===
 
=== A Full Example: Buckling of a rod ===
  
The following example describes a rod buckling problem. A built in rod of length 2 is loaded in normal direction by a pressure force of 1, the croess section's bending stiffness is equal to 1750. The buckling load according to Euler's formula computes to
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The following example describes a rod buckling problem, where the rod is discretized by ([[Users:General_FEM_Analysis/Elements_Reference/Shell8|SHELL8]])-elements. A built in rod of length 2 is loaded in normal direction by a compressive force of 1. The cross section's bending stiffness is equal to 1750. The buckling load according to Euler's formula computes to
 
[[File:LinBuckling_euler.png|200px]]  
 
[[File:LinBuckling_euler.png|200px]]  
  
  
The corresponding input file is available via the following link:  
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The corresponding input can be found at:  
{{PathToBenchmarkExamples}}analyses/linbuckl_shell8_I/shell8_euler_1.dat
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* ..\examples\benchmark_examples\analyses\linbuckl_shell8_I\cbm_shell8_euler_1.dat
  
  
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The related load factors were computed to:
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The related load factors are computed to:
 
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So even for a load augmentation factor of more than 1000 the analytical result is met very well.
 
So even for a load augmentation factor of more than 1000 the analytical result is met very well.
  
If the calculation is done with beam1-elements, the quality of the results is depending on the numbers of buckling modes and the P - Pcrit ratio. For only one buckling mode the applied load should not be less than 5% of the critical load. The minimum applied load approaches the critical load rapidly by increasing the number of buckling modes. In contrast to this there´s no maximum limit.
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If the calculation is done with ([[Users:General_FEM_Analysis/Elements_Reference/Beam1|BEAM1]])-elements, the quality of the results is depending on the numbers of buckling modes and the P/Pcrit ratio. For only one buckling mode the applied load should not be less than 5% of the critical load. The minimum applied load approaches the critical load rapidly by increasing the number of buckling modes. In contrast to this there´s no maximum limit.
 
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=== Benchmark examples ===
 
=== Benchmark examples ===
  
* snap-through of a two-bar truss ([[Users:General_FEM_Analysis/Elements_Reference/Truss1|TRUSS1]]) with arc-length control: ..\examples\benchmark_examples\analyses\stanln_2bartruss_arclength_l\2bartruss_arclength_fixed.txt
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* buckling of an Euler-rod discretized with ([[Users:General_FEM_Analysis/Elements_Reference/Shell8|SHELL8]])-elements : ..\examples\benchmark_examples\analyses\linbuckl_shell8_I\cbm_shell8_euler_1.dat
* bending of a cantilever discretized with solids ([[Users:General_FEM_Analysis/Elements_Reference/SolidTetra1|SOLIDTETRA1]]) with displacement control: ..\examples\benchmark_examples\analyses\stanln_disp_ctr\cbm_stanlin_disp.dat
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* buckling of an Euler-rod discretized with ([[Users:General_FEM_Analysis/Elements_Reference/Beam1|BEAM1]])-elements : ..\examples\benchmark_examples\elements\beam1_buckling\cbm_beam1_buckling.dat
* 4-point sail ([[Users:General_FEM_Analysis/Elements_Reference/Membrane1|MEMBRANE1]]) under snow load with load-control: ..\examples\benchmark_examples\analyses\stanln_membrane1_I\cbm_4_point.txt
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* buckling of an Euler-rod discretized with ([[Users:General_FEM_Analysis/Elements_Reference/BeamCR|BEAMCR]])-elements : ..\examples\benchmark_examples\elements\BeamCR_LinBuckling\cbm_BeamCR_LinBuckling.dat
* pathswitching for a shells ([[Users:General_FEM_Analysis/Elements_Reference/Shell9|SHELL9]]) under compression: ..\examples\benchmark_examples\analyses\stanln_path_switching\cbm_pathswitch.dat
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Latest revision as of 08:08, 7 December 2016


Contents

General Description

This analysis performs a linear estimation of the buckling load factor. To this purpose the system stiffness K is considered to consist of two parts, the elastic stiffness Kel, which is well known from the field of linear static analysis, and the geometric stiffness part Kgeo which is associated to the current state of stress. The complete stiffness can be determined as K = Kel + Kgeo.

The analysis refers to the load factor γ defined by the user in the input deck. Starting from this load factor a linear dependency of the geometric stiffness with respect to the load augmentation factor λ is assumed, and so the critical load augmentation factor where buckling occurs can be estimated by demanding singularity of the complete stiffness (linearized w.r.t. λ):

linear estimation of buckling point

As the linear dependency of Kgeo w.r.t. λ is a simplifying assumption, the estimated total load carrying factor γ·λ is the more exact the closer λ is to 1. Be aware that in general it is over-estimating the buckling load!



Defining the eigen problem

The equation shown above leads to the solution of an eigen problem similar to the one known from eigenfrequency analysis. The only difference is that instead of det(K-λ·M)=0 we have to solve det(Kel+λ·Kgeo)=0, and so the corresponding eigen problem reads

eigen problem of linear buckling analysis

Input Parameters

Parameter Description

Compulsory Parameters
Parameter Values, Default(*) Description
EIGEN_SOLVER PC-SOLVER int Linking to an eigen solver
LINEAR_SOLVER PC-SOLVER int Linking to a linear solver
OUTPUT PC-OUT int Linking to output objects (specifies the type of output format, e.g. GiD)
COMPCASE LD-COM int Linking to computation case objects which specify the boundary conditions (loading and supports)
DOMAIN EL-DOMAIN int Linking to the domain the analysis should work on
NUM_ROOT int Number of buckling modes and corresponding buckling load factors to determine


It should be mentioned that the two solvers used within this analysis (linear and eigen solver) have to be compatible with respect to the used sparse matrix format (e.g. both using a Skyline formate or both working on a TRILINOS Csr matrix).

Example of a Complete Input Block

PC-ANALYSIS 1: LINEAR_BUCKLING
EIGEN_SOLVER = PC-SOLVER 1
LINEAR_SOLVER = PC-SOLVER 2
OUTPUT = PC-OUT 1
COMPCASE = LD-COM 1
DOMAIN = EL-DOMAIN 1
NUM_ROOT = 3

Examples

A Full Example: Buckling of a rod

The following example describes a rod buckling problem, where the rod is discretized by (SHELL8)-elements. A built in rod of length 2 is loaded in normal direction by a compressive force of 1. The cross section's bending stiffness is equal to 1750. The buckling load according to Euler's formula computes to LinBuckling euler.png


The corresponding input can be found at:

  • ..\examples\benchmark_examples\analyses\linbuckl_shell8_I\cbm_shell8_euler_1.dat


The gallery shows the corresponding buckling modes:


The related load factors are computed to:

13:22:12     ###########################################
13:22:12     ### Results of linear buckling analysis ###
13:22:12     ###########################################
13:22:12 Number of buckling modes to compute: 4
13:22:12
13:22:12   Number |   Load Factor    |    Norm of Eigenvector
13:22:12 -------------------------------------------------------
13:22:12     1        1.079266e+03            3.755564e-03
13:22:12     2        9.697325e+03            3.878872e-04
13:22:12     3        2.684653e+04            6.865951e-05
13:22:12     4        5.234735e+04            2.934980e-05
13:22:12 -------------------------------------------------------
13:22:12
13:22:12 Buckling Analysis finished!


So even for a load augmentation factor of more than 1000 the analytical result is met very well.

If the calculation is done with (BEAM1)-elements, the quality of the results is depending on the numbers of buckling modes and the P/Pcrit ratio. For only one buckling mode the applied load should not be less than 5% of the critical load. The minimum applied load approaches the critical load rapidly by increasing the number of buckling modes. In contrast to this there´s no maximum limit.

Benchmark examples

  • buckling of an Euler-rod discretized with (SHELL8)-elements : ..\examples\benchmark_examples\analyses\linbuckl_shell8_I\cbm_shell8_euler_1.dat
  • buckling of an Euler-rod discretized with (BEAM1)-elements : ..\examples\benchmark_examples\elements\beam1_buckling\cbm_beam1_buckling.dat
  • buckling of an Euler-rod discretized with (BEAMCR)-elements : ..\examples\benchmark_examples\elements\BeamCR_LinBuckling\cbm_BeamCR_LinBuckling.dat




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