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PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGY
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping and J. Kruis
Paper 14.2

Analytical Elasticity Solution for the Stress Analysis of Arbitrarily-supported Isotropic Beams under Localized Loads

A. Singh and N. Karathanasopoulos

Department of Engineering, New York University (NYU), Abu Dhabi, UAE

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
A. Singh, N. Karathanasopoulos, "Analytical Elasticity Solution for the Stress Analysis of Arbitrarily-supported Isotropic Beams under Localized Loads", in B.H.V. Topping, J. Kruis, (Editors), "Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, Online volume: CCC 3, Paper 14.2, 2022, doi:10.4203/ccc.3.14.2
Keywords: elasticity solution, localized stresses, discontinuous load, patch load.

Abstract
A two-dimensional elasticity-based analytical solution is presented for accurate stress analysis of arbitrarily-supported isotropic beams subject to patch loads. The 2D elasticity-based system of governing equations is formulated in mixed form by employing the Reissner-type variational principle and solved analytically for arbitrary boundary conditions by employing a multi-term extended Kantorovich (EKM) approach. The correctness and efficacy of the present mechanical model are established by comparing its results with finite element analysis solutions. It is shown that the analytical formulation is capable of capturing the displacement and highly localized stress concentration profile arising from patch loads both in thin and thick geometric configurations, outperforming classical laminate theory predictions.

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