RESEARCH

METHODOLOGY
ARE OF INTEREST:- FINITE ELEMENT
ANALYSIS( PROBLEM SOLVING WITH
LINEAR OR NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS)
TOPICS:-
1) Finite-element analysis of thick composite
beams and plates
Abstract:- In the analysis of thick composite structures by the
finite-element method there are some techniques which are
used to determine the material properties. In order to
determine material constants of a multi-layered composite
element, the most commonly used method is to take an
average value for element material properties. A finite-element
analysis program was developed to analyze multi-layer
composite beams and plates. In addition to the arithmetic
average, a new method, called the weighted average method,
was developed. By considering different loading conditions, one
of the averaging methods was utilized. The effects of two
averaging methods on the results were investigated. The
results were compared with the analytical solutions. Both
methods gave matching results for certain types of loading..

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2) Elastic±plastic stress analysis and

expansion of plastic zone in clamped and
simply supported aluminum metal±matrix
laminated plates.
Abstract:- An elastic±plastic stress analysis and the expansion
of plastic zone in layers of stainless steel ®ber-reinforced
aluminum metal± matrix laminated plates are studied by using
Finite Element Method and First-order shear deformation theory
for small deformations. The plate is meshed into 64 elements
and 289 nodes with simply supported or clamped boundary
conditions. Laminated plates of constant thickness are formed
by stacking four layers bonded symmetrically or
antisymmetrically. It is assumed that the laminated plates are
subjected to transverse uniform loads. Loading is gradually
increased from yield point of the plate as 0.0001 MPa at each
load step. Load steps are chosen as 100, 150 and 200.

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3)Nonlinear analysis of rectangular cros-section thin

walled structure subjected to elasto-plastic torsional
loading