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Structures in fire

Submitted by Emmanuel E. Ufuah on

Hi,

Are there researchers working on specific areas in offshore structures? Or is anyone covering the material behaviour of structures at elevated temperatures? I am indeed challenged to read about excitng contributions from different scholars expecially in structural mechanics. I realise I have just begun a race in research. You could help me gain the proper direction in research.

I shall be glad to get any response. 

Emmanuel

Modelling offshore platform deck in fire

Submitted by Emmanuel E. Ufuah on

Hello fellow researchers,

I am almost completing my first year in research study and am finding it difficult running my structural simulation in ABAQUS once I have included non-linear geometric effects. I didn't have problem with the simple heat transfer analysis. I have also converted (--) to the true stress-logarithmic strain curves at elevated temperatures using the empirical model given in EC3, yet no good outcome. Can anyone suggest to me how I could go about it?

Comments will be gratefully appreciated.

Finite strain finite element formulation

Submitted by Sugeng Waluyo on

Hi ,

 

I am working with finite strain finite element formulation. Normaly, the weak form is derived from equilibrium at a reference configuration or differential of 1st piola-kirchoff stress tensor. In case, we have 10 steps of load increment, is it necessary to update nodal position or nodal coordinate for each step??. I am using newton-raphson method.  

 

best regards,

sugeng