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== General Description ==
  
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=== Element Type ===
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* This membrane element is an isotropic plane stress element accounting for prestress
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* The membrane element neglects bending stiffness
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* The ratio of the thickness and the lengths in the other two directions is much smaller than one ( t/Lx << 1 and t/Ly << 1), the membrane is reduced to its mid-surface
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* The thickness is constant over the element
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An extensive description of the element can be found in <ref name="Phi16">B. Philipp, M. Breitenberger, I. D’Auria, R.Wüchner, and
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K.-U. Bletzinger. "Integrated design and analysis of structural
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membranes using the Isogeometric B-Rep Analysis." In: Computer
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Methods in AppliedMechanics and Engineering 303 (May 2016),
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pp. 312–340. DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2016.02.003.</ref>
  
 
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   A_X=1.0    A_Y=0.0    A_Z=0.0  !AREA FOR THE DEFINITION OF THE PRESTRESS
 
   A_X=1.0    A_Y=0.0    A_Z=0.0  !AREA FOR THE DEFINITION OF THE PRESTRESS
 
   B_X=0.0    B_Y=1.0    B_Z=0.0  !VECTOR A AND VECTOR B DEFINE THE AREA
 
   B_X=0.0    B_Y=1.0    B_Z=0.0  !VECTOR A AND VECTOR B DEFINE THE AREA
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The possibility for oriented anisotropic prestress fields is foreseen, yet no distortion control as for the classical FEM Membrane1-element is implemented.
 
The possibility for oriented anisotropic prestress fields is foreseen, yet no distortion control as for the classical FEM Membrane1-element is implemented.
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* form-finding of a four-point sail with with B-Rep edge cables and elastic columns as supports: ..\examples\benchmark_examples\isogeometric\iga_formfinding_4point_with_trusses\cbm_4PointSailwTrusses.txt
 
* form-finding of a four-point sail with with B-Rep edge cables and elastic columns as supports: ..\examples\benchmark_examples\isogeometric\iga_formfinding_4point_with_trusses\cbm_4PointSailwTrusses.txt
 
* static geometrically non-linear analysis of a prestressed single-patch membrane with fixed boundaries: ..\examples\benchmark_examples\isogeometric\iga_membrane_nln_1\cbm_iga_membrane_nln_1.txt
 
* static geometrically non-linear analysis of a prestressed single-patch membrane with fixed boundaries: ..\examples\benchmark_examples\isogeometric\iga_membrane_nln_1\cbm_iga_membrane_nln_1.txt
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== References ==
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Revision as of 08:48, 13 January 2017

Contents

General Description

Element Type

  • This membrane element is an isotropic plane stress element accounting for prestress
  • The membrane element neglects bending stiffness
  • The ratio of the thickness and the lengths in the other two directions is much smaller than one ( t/Lx << 1 and t/Ly << 1), the membrane is reduced to its mid-surface
  • The thickness is constant over the element

An extensive description of the element can be found in [1]

Example of a Complete Input Block

EL-PROP 1 : MEMBRANE_NURBS
  MAT= EL-MAT 1
  THICKNESS= 1.0
  INT_TYPE_MEMBRANE_NURBS = FULL !or USER
  PROJECTED_PRESTRESS=1 SIG11=400.0     SIG22=400.0      SIG12=0.0
  A_X=1.0     A_Y=0.0    A_Z=0.0   !AREA FOR THE DEFINITION OF THE PRESTRESS
  B_X=0.0     B_Y=1.0    B_Z=0.0   !VECTOR A AND VECTOR B DEFINE THE AREA

The possibility for oriented anisotropic prestress fields is foreseen, yet no distortion control as for the classical FEM Membrane1-element is implemented.



Tests and Benchmarks

The element Membrane_NURBS has successfully been applied in 3D in various geometrically non-linear static applications, as well as in form-finding.

Benchmark examples

  • form-finding of a four-point sail with with B-Rep edge cables and elastic columns as supports: ..\examples\benchmark_examples\isogeometric\iga_formfinding_4point_with_trusses\cbm_4PointSailwTrusses.txt
  • static geometrically non-linear analysis of a prestressed single-patch membrane with fixed boundaries: ..\examples\benchmark_examples\isogeometric\iga_membrane_nln_1\cbm_iga_membrane_nln_1.txt

References

  1. B. Philipp, M. Breitenberger, I. D’Auria, R.Wüchner, and K.-U. Bletzinger. "Integrated design and analysis of structural membranes using the Isogeometric B-Rep Analysis." In: Computer Methods in AppliedMechanics and Engineering 303 (May 2016), pp. 312–340. DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2016.02.003.




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