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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 12, Number 6, December 2001 , pages 669-684
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2001.12.6.669
 


Interval finite element method based on the element method based on the element for eigenvaluse analysis of structures with interval parameters
Xiaowei Yang, Suhuan Chen and Huadong Lian(China)

 
Abstract
    A new method for solving the uncertain eigenvalue problems of the structures with interval
parameters, interval finite element method based on the element, is presented in this paper. The
calculations are done on the element basis, hence, the efforts are greatly reduced. In order to illustrate the
accuracy of the method, a continuous beam system is given, the results obtained by it are compared with
those obtained by Chen and Qiu (1994); in order to demonstrate that the proposed method provides safe
bounds for the eigenfrequencies, an undamping spring-mass system, in which the exact interval bounds
are known, is given, the results obtained by it are compared with those obtained by Qiu et al. (1999),
where the exact interval bounds are given. The numerical results show that the proposed method is
effective for estimating the eigenvalue bounds of structures with interval parameters.
 
Key Words
    interval parameters; interval eigenvalue analysis; interval finite element method.
 
Address
Xiaowei Yang, Department of Applied Mathematics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Suhuan Chen and Huadong Lian, Department of Mechanics, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China
 

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