General boundary elements solution for ageing viscoelastic structures

Authors
Sensale, B Partridge, PW Creus, GJ
Citation
B. Sensale et al., General boundary elements solution for ageing viscoelastic structures, INT J NUM M, 50(6), 2001, pp. 1455-1468
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering Mathematics
Journal title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING
ISSN journal
00295981 → ACNP
Volume
50
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1455 - 1468
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-5981(20010228)50:6<1455:GBESFA>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A general boundary element formulation for the stress analysis of bodies wi th ageing viscoelastic constitutive relations such as concrete or biologica l materials is presented. It is shown that in the case of a constant Poisso n modulus, the domain integral vanishes. Otherwise, the domain integrals ar e taken to the boundary by means of the dual reciprocity method. Computatio nal details and examples are given. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, L td.