Authors: A Rohe F Molenkamp W T Van Horssen
Publish Date: 2007/10/30
Volume: 197, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 43-
Abstract
The uniqueness and mathematical stability of the Dirichlet boundary value problem of linear elastostatics is studied The problem is posed as a set of partial differential equations in terms of displacements and Dirichlettype of boundary conditions displacements for arbitrary bounded domains Then for the circular interior domain the closed form analytical solution is obtained using an extended version of the method of separation of variables This method with corresponding complete solution allows for the derivation of a necessary and sufficient condition for uniqueness The results are compared with existing energy and uniqueness criteria A parametric study of the elastic characteristics is performed to investigate the behaviour of the displacement field and the strain energy distribution and to examine the mathematical stability of the solution It is found that the solution for the circular element with hourglasslike boundary conditions will be unique for all v ≠ 05 075 10 and will be mathematically stable for all v ≠ 075 Locking of the circular element occurs for v = 075 as the energy tends to infinity
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