Two-field formulation of the inertial forces of a geometrically-exact beam element

Valentin Sonneville, Michel Géradin

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Abstract

An independent velocity field is introduced via Legendre transformation of the kinetic energy of a geometrically-exact beam, leading to a first-order system of twice as many governing equations as a one-field formulation. Nevertheless, the new field does not have to be assembled across elements and can be eliminated at the element level, so that the assembled system has the same size as a one-field formulation. Furthermore, because the new field does not have to satisfy the compatibility equations that the original velocity field is subjected to, its finite-element discretization is simpler and leads to simplified inertial forces.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)239-254
Number of pages16
JournalMultibody System Dynamics
Volume59
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2023

Keywords

  • Generalized-α for first-order ODE
  • Geometrically-exact beam finite element
  • Legendre transformation
  • Mechanics on Lie group

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