EMPIRICAL STIFFNESS MATRIX DERIVATION FOR AN ELASTIC SUBSTRUCTURE

Authors

  • Abdul Hafiez Yusoff Aerospace Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Malaysia
  • Rizal Zahari Aerospace Manufacturing Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Malaysia
  • Faizal Mustapha Aerospace Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Malaysia

Keywords:

Stiffness Matrix, Finite Element Analysis, Direct Stiffness Method, GENEL

Abstract

The paper presents the study on the three-dimensional empirical derivations of the static stiffness matrix derivation of a sheet metal substructure based on the basic principles of the finite element method. An experimental procedure and techniques are developed to extract the stiffness coefficients of a 6 by 6 submatrix for a sheet tube made of mild steel ASTM A-500 SHS. The submatrix obtained from this experiment is then included in the finite element software NASTRAN as a new element. Comparison of results between the experimental and the finite element analysis is carried out via a test case to validate the method employed. Excellent agreement with the experimental results has been observed which confirms the accuracy of the approached employed

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Published

2018-04-02

How to Cite

Yusoff, A. H., Zahari, R., & Mustapha, F. (2018). EMPIRICAL STIFFNESS MATRIX DERIVATION FOR AN ELASTIC SUBSTRUCTURE. Jurnal Mekanikal, 35(2). Retrieved from https://jurnalmekanikal.utm.my/index.php/jurnalmekanikal/article/view/67

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Issue 35: December 2012

Section

Mechanical

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