Timoshrnko beam mass and stiffness matrices?
Timoshrnko beam mass and stiffness matrices?
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Can someone please guide me to a reference where I can find finite element matrices (stiffness matrix and consistent mass matrix) for a Timoshenko beam?





RE: Timoshrnko beam mass and stiffness matrices?
corus
RE: Timoshrnko beam mass and stiffness matrices?
Forgive my ignorance, but . . .
Except that a Timeshenko beam clearly has something to do with the famous author, what makes a Timeshenko beam different from any other sort of ideal rod?
Ed
RE: Timoshrnko beam mass and stiffness matrices?
A Timoshenko beam model accounts for shear deformation. Therefore it is more suitable for thick beams than the Euler-Bernoulli model where deforamtion is only due to axial strain.
Bahar
RE: Timoshrnko beam mass and stiffness matrices?
Spyrakos put out a book called, "Finite Element Modeling" in the mid-90's, I think. The FEA information is out of date and he never discusses the specific modifications to the stiffness matrix based on the shear areas, but he does address the impact of ignoring the shear areas and discusses the shear areas in terms of the impact to shear deformation.
RE: Timoshrnko beam mass and stiffness matrices?
S. Timoshenko. Strength of Material, Part I, Elementary Theory and Problems. 3rd Edition. D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc.. New York, NY. 1955.
S. Timoshenko. Strength of Material, Part II, Elementary Theory and Problems. 3rd Edition. D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc.. New York, NY. 1956.
S. Timoshenko and J. N. Goodier. Theory of Elasticity. 3rd Edition. McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc.. New York, NY. 1970
S. Timoshenko and S. Woinowsky-Knieger. Theory of Plates and Shells. McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc.. New York, NY. 1959.
RE: Timoshrnko beam mass and stiffness matrices?
RE: Timoshrnko beam mass and stiffness matrices?
I figure out that one must also look at a theoretic FEM book, where the process of building the element matrices is described. Then, it's just a "mixing" matter btw elasticity theory and FE theory... Not so easy, I fear...
As regards FE theory, I've got a very good book from Prof. B. Atzori, Univ. of Padua (Italy), but I realy fear it's only in Italian, and moreover not distributed on the market.
RE: Timoshrnko beam mass and stiffness matrices?
Thanks for clearing that up for me.
What you need is in a book called "Theory of Matrix Structural Analysis" by J.S.Przemieniecki, pp. 70-82.
My copy of the book is copyright 1968, 1985 and published by Dover. ISBN 0-486-64948-2.
Good Luck - Ed