J. Sladek1, V. Sladek1, P. Solek2, P.H. Wen3, S.N. Atluri4
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.30, No.2, pp. 77-98, 2008, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2008.030.077
Abstract A meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method is applied to solve problems of Reissner-Mindlin shells under thermal loading. Both stationary and thermal shock loads are analyzed here. Functionally graded materials with a continuous variation of properties in the shell thickness direction are considered here. A weak formulation for the set of governing equations in the Reissner-Mindlin theory is transformed into local integral equations on local subdomains in the base plane of the shell by using a unit test function. Nodal points are randomly spread on the surface of the plate and each node is surrounded by More >