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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 12, Number 5, November 2001 , pages 507-526
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2001.12.5.507
 


On the local stability condition in the planar beam finite element
Igor Planinc, Miran Saje and Bojan Cas (Slovenia)

 
Abstract
    In standard finite element algorithms, the local stability conditions are not accounted for in
the formulation of the tangent stiffness matrix. As a result, the loss of the local stability is not adequately
related to the onset of the global instability. The phenomenon typically arises with material-type localizations,
such as shear bands and plastic hinges. This paper addresses the problem in the context of the planar,
finite-strain, rate-independent, materially non-linear beam theory, although the proposed technology is in
principle not limited to beam structures. A weak formulation of Reissner
 
Key Words
    local stability; planar beam; finite element; numerical integration; plasticity.
 
Address
Igor Planinc, Miran Saje and Bojan Cas, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Jamova 2, SI-1115 Ljubljana, Slovenia
 

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