Plates & Shells Theories: Kirchhfoff Reissner/Mindlin

Plates & Shells Theories
Kirchhfoff
Reissner/Mindlin
Plates & Shells
Loaded in the transverse direction and may be
assumed rigid (plates) or flexible (shells) in their
plane.
Are typically thin in one dimension
Plate elements are typically used to model flat

surface structural components
Shells elements are typically used to model

curved surface structural components
Assumptions
Based on the proposition that plates and shells

are typically thin in one dimension plate and
shell bending deformations can be expressed in
terms of the deformations of their midsurface
Assumptions
As a consequence…
Stress through the thickness (perpendicular to
midsurface) is zero.
Material particles that are originally on a straight

line perpendicular to the midsurface remain on a
straight line after deformation
Plate Bending Theories
Material particles that are originally on a straight

line perpendicular to the midsurface remain on a
straight line after deformation
Kirchhfoff Reissner/Mindlin
Shear deformations Shear deformations
are neglected are included
Straight line remains Straight line does NOT
perpendicular to remain perpendicular
midsurface after to midsurface after
deformations deformations
Kirchhoff Plate Theory
First Element developed for thin plates and shells
z w1
y qy
qx
x
In plane deformations neglected
Transverse Shear deformations neglected

Strain Tensor
Strains u   zq x
z
w
q
x
u  w
2
x   z 2
x x
Strain Tensor
Strains v   zq y
z
w
q
y
v  w
2
 y   z 2
y y
Strain Tensor
Shear Strains
u v  w 2
 xy    z
y x xy
 zx   zy  0
Strain Tensor
 2w 
 2 
x   2x 
    w 
 y   z 2 
   y2 
 xy    w
2
 xy 
 
Moments
h/2 h/2
Mx    x
h / 2
zdz My    y
h / 2
zdz
Moments
h/2
M xy  
h / 2
xy zdz
Moments
 M x  h / 2  x 
   
 M y     y  zdz
 M  h / 2  
 xy   xy 
Stress-Strain Relationships
z
h
At each layer, z, plane stress conditions are assumed

 M x  h / 2  x 
   
 M y     y  zdz
 M  h / 2  
 xy   xy 
 x  1  0   
  E   x 
 y    1 0   y 
  1   2
 1     2w 
 xy   0 0   xy  
2  2 
x   2x 
    w 
 y   z 2 
   y2 
 xy    w
2 xy 
 
Integrating over the thickness the generalized
stress-strain matrix (moment-curvature) is obtained
Mx   x 
   
 M y   D  y 
M   
 xy   xy 
 
h/2  1  0 
E
D  z 2
 1 0  dz
h / 2
1  
2
1  
 0or 0 
 2 
Generalized stress-strain matrix
 
3  1  0 
Eh
D  1 0 

12 1   2
  1  
0 0 
 2 
Formulation of Rectangular Plate Bending
Element
z
w1
q1 x
y
Node 2
x q1 y
Node 1
Node 3 Node 4
h
12 degrees of freedom
For Admissible Displacement Field
w1 q1 x
q1 y
wi  w xi , yi 
w xi , yi  w xi , yi 
 
i  
i
y
x
x
y
i=1,2,3,4 12 equations / 12 unknowns

Formulation of Rectangular Plate Bending
Element
For plate bending the strain tensor is

established in terms of the curvature
 2w 
 2 
  x   2x  Mx   x 
    w     
 y    2 
 M y   D  y 
   y2  M   
 xy    w   xy   xy 
2
 xy 
 
Shell Elements
z w
v
y qy
qx
x
u h
Shell Element by superposition of plate
element and plane stress element
Five degrees of freedom per node

No stiffness for in-plane twisting
Kirchhoff Shell Elements
Use this element for the analysis of folded plate

structure
Comments
Plate and Shell elements based on Kirchhoff

plate theory do not include transverse shear
deformations
Such Elements are flat with straight edges and

are used for the analysis of flat plates, folded
plate structures and slightly curved shells.
(Adjacent shell elements should not be co-
planar)
Reissner/Mindlin Plate Theory
z w1
y qy
qx
x
In plane deformations neglected
Transverse Shear deformations ARE INCLUDED

Strain Tensor
u   z x
z
xz w
x    xz
x
w
x u  x
x   z
x x
Strain Tensor
v   z y
z
yz w
y    yz
y
w
y v  y
 y   z
y y
Strain Tensor
Shear Strains
u v   x  y 
 xy     z   
y x  y x 
Transverse Shear assumed constant through thickness
w w
x    xz y    yz
x y
w w
 xz   x  yz   y
x y
Strain Tensor
Plane Strain Transverse Shear Strain

  x 
   w 
x
 xz   x   x 
 xx   
    y      w 
 yy    z  
   y   yz     y 
 y 
 xy    x  y 
 y  x 
 
Isotropic Material
z
h
At each layer, z, plane stress conditions are assumed

Transverse Shear Stress
 w 
 xz   
E  x x

   w 
 yz  2(1   )    y 
 y 
Kirchhoff – Reissner/Mindlin Comparison
In addition to the more general nature of the
Reissner/Mindlin plate element note that
Kirchhoff:
Interpolated field variable is the deflection w
Reissner/Mindlin:
Interpolated field variables are
Deflection w
Section rotation x
Section rotation y
True Boundary Conditions are better represented

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Plates & Shells Theories

Are typically thin in one dimension

Plate elements are typically used to model flat

Shells elements are typically used to model

Based on the proposition that plates and shells

Material particles that are originally on a straight

Material particles that are originally on a straight

First Element developed for thin plates and shells

In plane deformations neglected

Transverse Shear deformations neglected

At each layer, z, plane stress conditions are assumed

i=1,2,3,4 12 equations / 12 unknowns

For plate bending the strain tensor is

Five degrees of freedom per node

Use this element for the analysis of folded plate

Plate and Shell elements based on Kirchhoff

Such Elements are flat with straight edges and

In plane deformations neglected

Transverse Shear deformations ARE INCLUDED

Plane Strain Transverse Shear Strain

At each layer, z, plane stress conditions are assumed

Transverse Shear Stress

True Boundary Conditions are better represented

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