2 Node Line Elements (Bars)
Abrham E.
                   May, 2024
              Sub Topics
Bar Elements
Governing Equation
Total Potential Energy
Ritz-Method
Galerkin’s Method
             Bar Elements
(1)The longitudinal dimension or axial
  dimension is much larger that the
  transverse dimension(s). The
  intersection of a plane normal to the
  longitudinal dimension and the bar
  defines the cross sections.
(2)The bar resists an internal axial force
  along its longitudinal dimension.
Bar Elements cont.
Bar Elements cont.
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• It must be in equilibrium.
•It must satisfy the elastic stress–strain
law (Hooke’s law)
•The displacement field must be
compatible.
•It must satisfy the strain–displacement
equation.
            Governing Equation
The governing differential equation of
the bar element is given by
         d     du 
            AE    q  0
        dx     dx 
        boundar yconditions
        u         0
            x0
         A E du 
                           P
             dx      xL
       Approximate Solution
Admissible displacement function is
continuous over the length and satisfies
any boundary condition:
Principles of Minimum Potential Energy – Of all
kinematically admissible displacement equations,
those corresponding to equilibrium extermize the
TPE. If the extremum is a minimum, the equilibrium
state is stable.
       Kinematically admissible
       Displacement Functions
those that satisfy the single-valued nature of
  displacements (compatibility) and the
  boundary conditions
  Usually Polynomials
   Continuous within element.
  Inter-element compatibility. Prevent
 overlap or gaps.
  Allow for rigid body displacement and
 constant strain.
   Total Potential Energy (TPE)
            p    U W
         dU       x    x  y  z  d  x
  Strain d U   x d  x d V
 Energy
                   ε x      
(Internal U 
  work)
                  xd x dV
                  0         
               V
             1
         U            x x d V
             2      V
       Total Potential Energy
                 p work
            External  U Wof loads
                                         
                                         M
                                               ˆf dˆ
W       Xˆ b uˆ dV     x
                             Tˆ u dS 
                                         i1
                                                 i   i
      V                    S
                       TPE
             1
      p       x  AE  x dx  W
             2 L
       Total Potential Energy
                1
                                 2
Strain energy       1
                    2L    T
                                 Adx
External energy     Pu 2
                          1
Total potential energy Π    T  Adx  Pu 2
                          2 L
Ritz-Method
                 Ritz-Method
•   Using the Ritz-method, approximate
   displacement function is obtained by:
1. Assume arbitrary displacement
             a 1 f 1  a 2 f 2  ...  a n f n
2. Introduce this into the TPE functional
3. Performing differentiation and integration
   to obtain a function
4. Minimizing the resulting function
            d
                 0 f o r i  1,2,..., n
            dai
                         Ritz-Method
• Consider the linear elastic one-dimensional
 rod with a body force shown below
• The potential energy of this system is:
                                2
                   2       du 
     Π    1
           2   
               0
                       EA      dx  2u 1
                           dx 
               Ritz-Method
• Consider the polynomial function:
• To be kinematically admissible u must
 satisfy the boundary conditions u = 0 at
 both (x = 0) and (x = 2)
               &
• Thus:
                 Ritz-Method
• TPE of this system becomes:
       Π    4
             3
                 a  2a3
                  2
                  3
• Minimizing the TPE:      Π 8
                                 a3  2  0
                           a 3  3
                            a3    3
                                    4
• Thus, an approximate u is given by:
• Rayleigh-Ritz method assumes trial
 functions over entire structure
             Galerkin-Method
For the one-dimensional rod considered in the
 pervious example, the governing equation is:
The Galerkin method aims at setting the
 residual relative to a weighting function Wi,
 to zero. The weighting functions, Wi, are
 chosen from the basis functions used for
 constructing û (approximate displacement
 function).
              Galerkin-Method
•   Using the Galerkin-method, approximate
   displacement function is obtained by:
1. The governing DE is written in residual form
                                 d       du 
                         RES        A E     
                                 dx       dx 
2. Multiply this by weight function f introduce
    into the TPE, and equate to zero
3. Performing differentiation and integration to
   obtain a function   L f R d x  0
4. Minimizing the resulting function, to obtain
   the approximate u
              Galerkin-Method
 • Consider the rod shown below
• Multiplying by Φ and integrating gives (parts):
             Galerkin-Method
• The function Φ is zero at (x = 0) and (x = 2)
  and EA(du/dx) is the tension in the rod,
  which equals 2 at (x = 1). Thus:
• Using the same polynomial function for u and
  Φ and if u1 and Φ1 are the values at (x = 1):
• Setting these and
  E=A=1 in the integral:
               Galerkin-Method
• Equating the value in the bracket to zero
 and performing the integral:
    u1    3
           4
                 u  0.75  2x  x     
                                   2
• In elasticity problems Galerkin’s method turns
 out to be the principle of virtual work: (A
 deformable body is in equilibrium when the
 total work done by external forces is equal to
 the total work done by internal forces).