题名: | BEAM: A Finite Element Program for the Collapse Analysis of Vehicle Structures. |
作者: | Cimpoeru, S. J.; |
关键词: | STRUCTURAL MECHANICS, LOADS(FORCES), FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS, COMPUTER PROGRAM VERIFICATION, COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN, DEFLECTION, BENDING MOMENTS, FAILURE(MECHANICS), FRAMES, STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, AUSTRALIA, PLASTIC DEFORMATION, BEAMS(STRUCTURAL), STRESS STRAIN RELATIONS, FLOW CHARTING, SUBROUTINES. |
摘要: | BEAM (Beam Element Analysis with Mechanisms) is a finite element program for the analysis of the collapse of vehicle structures. BEAM can quickly estimate the collapse load and plastic hinge locations in three-dimensional thin-walled frames that would collapse in bending. Such information can be combined with separate rigid-plastic modelling to enable the large-deflection design of vehicle frameworks so that their collapse in roll-over accidents, for instance, can be prevented. One advantage of BEAM is that it allows a user to define his own experimentally or analytically determined loads and moments as failure criteria. The theory and operation of BEAM are presented and its application to the modelling of a collapsing two-dimensional frame is described. (Author) |
总页数: | 36 |
报告类型: | 科技报告 |