A simple approach for finite element simulation of reinforced plates
Numerical Analysis
2017-06-06 v1
Abstract
We present a new approach for adding Bernoulli beam reinforcements to Kirchhoff plates. The plate is discretised using a continuous/discontinuous finite element method based on standard continuous piecewise polynomial finite element spaces. The beams are discretised by the CutFEM technique of letting the basis functions of the plate represent also the beams which are allowed to pass through the plate elements. This allows for a fast and easy way of assessing where the plate should be supported, for instance, in an optimization loop.
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@article{arxiv.1706.01222,
title = {A simple approach for finite element simulation of reinforced plates},
author = {Erik Burman and Peter Hansbo and Mats G. Larson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.01222},
year = {2017}
}