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Abstract: In this paper the deformation of a Bernoulli beam resting on Winkler's soil is reviewed in terms of the mixed finite-element methodology. While the stiffness matrix of the Bernoulli beam problem utilizing the standard displacement-based approach, in which only the displacement field is interpolated, may be alternatively obtained using a mixed-type approach to the absolutely shear-stiff second-order Timoshenko beam (in which the rotation and shear-stress resultant fields are additionally interpolated), the two approaches lead to different Winkler-type soil-stiffness contributions. Furthermore, extending the mixed-type formalism to both of these elements by additionally interpolating the distributed soil-reaction field, the soil-stiffness contributions also differ. In this way four different elements are obtained, with one, two, three or four independently interpolated fields, in which the beam-stifness matrix is equal, but the soil-stiffness matrices are different. It is demonstrated that the displacement-based one-field element is the least convergent, while the mixed-type element with four interpolated fields is the most convergent.
Keywords: Bernoulli beam, Winkler soil, mixed finite-element method
Published in DKUM: 14.06.2018; Views: 1592; Downloads: 76
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