The method of differential quadrature is employed to analyze the free vibration of a cracked cantilever beam resting on elastic foundation. The beam is made of a functionally graded material and rests on a Winkler-Pasternak foundation. The crack action is simulated by a line spring model. Also, the differential quadrature method with a geometric mapping are applied to study the free vibration o...

Title of dissertation: OPTIMAL APPROXIMATION SPACES FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS WITH ROUGH COEFFICIENTS Qiaoluan Li, Doctor of Philosophy, 2009 Dissertation directed by: Professor John E. Osborn Department of Mathematics The finite element method has been widely used to solve partial differential equations by both engineers and mathematicians for the last several decades. This is due to its well-known...

The differential quadrature method (DQM) is one of the most elegant and useful approximate methods for solving initial and/or boundary value problems. It is easy to use and also straightforward to implement. However, the conventional DQM is well-known to have some difficulty in implementing multiple initial and/or boundary conditions at a given discrete point. To overcome this difficulty, this ...

A generalized framework is presented that extends the classical theory of finite-difference summation-by-parts (SBP) operators to include a wide range of operators, where the main extensions are i) non-repeating interior point operators, ii) nonuniform nodal distribution in the computational domain, iii) operators that do not include one or both boundary nodes. Necessary and sufficient conditio...

For matrix functions f we investigate how to compute a matrix-vector product f(A)b without explicitly computing f(A). A general method is described that applies quadrature to the matrix version of the Cauchy integral theorem. Methods specific to the logarithm, based on quadrature, and fractional matrix powers, based on solution of an ordinary differential equation initial value problem, are als...

For matrix functions f we investigate how to compute a matrix-vector product f (A)b without explicitly computing f (A). A general method is described that applies quadrature to the matrix version of the Cauchy integral theorem. Methods specific to the logarithm, based on quadrature, and fractional matrix powers, based on solution of an ordinary differential equation initial value problem, are a...

In this paper, the new version of differential quadrature method (DQM), for calculation of the buckling coefficient of rectangular plates is considered. At first the differential equations governing plates have been calculated. Later based on the new version of differential quadrature method, the existing derivatives in equation are converted to the amounts of function in the grid points inside...

Free vibration characteristics of continuous grading fiber orientation (CGFO) beams resting on variable Winkler and two-parameter elastic foundations have been studied. The beam is under different boundary conditions and assumed to have arbitrary variations of fiber orientation in the thickness direction. The governing differential equations for beam vibration are being solved using Generalized...

A novel element with arbitrary domain shape by using decoupled scaled boundary finite element (DSBFEM) is proposed for eigenvalue analysis of 2D vibrating rods with different boundary conditions. Within the proposed element scheme, the mode shapes of vibrating rods with variable boundary conditions are modelled and results are plotted. All possible conditions for the rods ends are incorporated ...