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FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF SOLIDS AND FLUIDS I

FALL 2009

Quiz #2-solution
Instructor:
TA:

Prof. K. J. Bathe
Seounghyun Ham

Problem 1 (10 points):

1 x
y
1 x
f
his = 1 (1 y ) ; hi = 1 1+ .
4 2 2
4 2
his, x =

1
x
1
(1 y ) ; his, y = 1 .
4 2

1
1 x

y
hi,xf = 1+ ; hi ,f y = 1
8 2
8 2

(1)

hi f
0
(2)
; H =
his
0

his
=
0

U = [ui

(1)

(1)

vi ] .

his, x

= 0
his, y

M =

H
s

V (1)

0
.
hi f

his, y B(2) = h f
;
i,x
s
hi , x

hi ,f y .

1 2

(1)T

H dV =s H
(1)

(1)

(1)T

(1)

H dxdy

-1 -2

1 of 3

(2)

M =

2 2

(2)T

H dV = f H
(2)

(2)

V (2)

(1)

K =

K =

(2)

H dxdy

-2 -2
1 2

CB dV = B

(1)T

(1)

(1)

V (1)

(2)

(2)T

(1)T

(1)

CB dxdy

-1 -2
2 2

(2)T

B dV = B
(2)

V (2)

(1)

M=M +M

(2)

(2)T

(2)

B dxdy

-2 -2

(2)

(1)

K=K +K

(2)

Problem 2 (10 points):

(a) Remove Clamps to eliminate u1 and u3 prior to the use of the central difference method.
2 1 0 U 0
0 0 0 U
1
1
0 2 0 U
+ 1 4 1 U = R (t)

2
2 2

0
0 0 U3 0 1 2 U 3 0
2 1 0 U 0
0 0 0 U
1
1

0 2 0 U
+ 0 3.5 1 U = R (t)

2
2 2

0 0 0 U3 0 1 2 U 3 0
2 1 0 U 0
0 0 0 U
1
1
0 2 0 U
+ 0 3 0 U = R (t)

2
2 2

0
0 0 U3 0
1 2 U 3 0
+3U =R (t)
2U
2
2
2

Using the central difference method,

+3 t U = t R
2t U
2
2
2

(1)

2 of 3

= 1 ( t + t U -2 t U + t - t U )
U
2
2
2
2
t 2

(2)

= 1 ( t + t U t - t U )
U
2
2
2
2t

(3)

Substitute (2) into (1)

2
t 2

t + t

U 2 = t R 2 -(3-

4 t
2
) U 2 - 2
t - t U 2

2
t
t

+3U =R (t) at time t=0.

To start the solution, we use 2U
2
2
2
=0 since U and R are zero at t=0.
Hence, 0 U
2
2
2

We can obtain

- t

U 2 =0 using Eq. (2) and Eq. (3).

= 1 ( t U -2 0 U + - t U )
0 = 0U
2
2
2
2
t 2
1 ( t U - t U )
0 = 0 U=
2
2
2t

U 2
Determine t + t U1 and t + t U 3 by t + t 1 = t + t U 2 .
U3 1

2
t + t

(b) t cr =

2
2
=2 =1.633

For stability, t should be smaller than tcr. The frequency content of the load can be roughly

=
where T=80
approximated by
so that = 0.0641 . Because this value is quite close to

80
zero, we can assume the response to be almost static. Therefore, t=1.6 is a well selected time
step for the stability and the accuracy.

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