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High-order finite elements reduced models for modal analysis of stiffened panels

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A method is presented to build reduced (equivalent) models of stiffened panels made of thin-walled composite materials. The technique is developed to be used in the modal analysis of panels and wing boxes, allowing finite element modelling and analysis using a single-type, three-dimensional orthotropic p-element. The use of a single element guarantees speed and flexibility in the (re)modelling of the structure and reduces the modelling and analysis errors connected to finite element analysis in preliminary-design/multidisciplinary-optimization environments. The method is tested on two types of representative wing boxes. Different approaches for the equivalencing are tested and compared to each other. The results show that the equivalent models give results within few percent from those obtained running a full model, saving as much as one order of magnitude in the number of degrees of freedom employed.

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Lisandrin, P., van Tooren, M. High-order finite elements reduced models for modal analysis of stiffened panels. Int J Mech Mater Des 3, 111–127 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10999-006-9017-8

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