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08 MKE Vs AEM
08 MKE Vs AEM
Contents
1 Introduction
Numerical methods - FEM/AEM
Comparrison: FEM - AEM
Applicability of the AEM
2 Overview of the AEM
Springs in the AEM
Discretization in the AEM
Large deformation static analysis with AEM
3 Dynamic analysis with the AEM
Differential equations of motion
Seismic analysis
Progresive collapse analysis
Extreme Loadingr for Structures
Numerical methods
Applied Element Method (AEM) - relatively new numerical
method (15-20 years)
Two general approaches in numerical methods:
- Continuum based numerical methods (FEM, BEM, . . . )
- Discrete formulations (Rigid Body and Spring Models, Discrete
Element Method, EDEM, . . . )
AEM evolved from Extended DEM and RBSM as the new
discrete numerical method
Numerical methods
1st comprehensive formulation:
H.Tagel-Din: “A new efficient method for nonlinear, large
deformation and collapse analysis of structures”, PhD thesis,
Civ.Eng.Dpt., Univ. of Tokyo, 1998 (mentor Prof. Kimiro
Meguro)
1st use of the name AEM:
Meguro K. Tagel-Din H.: “Applied Element Method for
Structural Analysis: Theory and Applications for Linear
Materials”, Struct.Eng./Earthquake Eng., JSCE Vol 17, No 1,
pp 21-35, 2000
Numerical methods
Finite Element Method (FEM) - still the most widely used
numerical method
FEM simulations in all engineering fields (solid, fluid, acoustic,
thermal, electro-magnetic, chemical engineering, . . . )
FEM applied in non-engineering fields too (medicine,. . . )
FEM applied in various interdisciplinary areas (fluid-structure,
soil-structure, etc.)
Contents
1 Introduction
Numerical methods - FEM/AEM
Comparrison: FEM - AEM
Applicability of the AEM
2 Overview of the AEM
Springs in the AEM
Discretization in the AEM
Large deformation static analysis with AEM
3 Dynamic analysis with the AEM
Differential equations of motion
Seismic analysis
Progresive collapse analysis
Extreme Loadingr for Structures
Applied Elements
FEM AEM
Numerical methods
Problems with FEM in fields with discontinuities in material
Simulations of crack initiation, development, propagation
Special techniques in FEM for crack analysis (smeared crack
approach, discrete crack approach,. . . )
FEM simulation of conditions that define initiation of
structural collapse - YES
However, progressive structural collapse with FEM - NO
Contents
1 Introduction
Numerical methods - FEM/AEM
Comparrison: FEM - AEM
Applicability of the AEM
2 Overview of the AEM
Springs in the AEM
Discretization in the AEM
Large deformation static analysis with AEM
3 Dynamic analysis with the AEM
Differential equations of motion
Seismic analysis
Progresive collapse analysis
Extreme Loadingr for Structures
Numerical methods
AEM is the only numerical method which can acurately
analyze, track and vizualize structural behavior through all 3
stages of the loading:
- Small displacements (linear elastic, non-linear)
- Large displacements (geometric & material change, Element
separation)
- Collision and collapse (including progresive collapse)
The only software related to AEM: Extreme Loadingr for
Structures (ELS)
Nonlinear analysis
Separation of elements
Contents
1 Introduction
Numerical methods - FEM/AEM
Comparrison: FEM - AEM
Applicability of the AEM
2 Overview of the AEM
Springs in the AEM
Discretization in the AEM
Large deformation static analysis with AEM
3 Dynamic analysis with the AEM
Differential equations of motion
Seismic analysis
Progresive collapse analysis
Extreme Loadingr for Structures
Contents
1 Introduction
Numerical methods - FEM/AEM
Comparrison: FEM - AEM
Applicability of the AEM
2 Overview of the AEM
Springs in the AEM
Discretization in the AEM
Large deformation static analysis with AEM
3 Dynamic analysis with the AEM
Differential equations of motion
Seismic analysis
Progresive collapse analysis
Extreme Loadingr for Structures
Ku=f
Contents
1 Introduction
Numerical methods - FEM/AEM
Comparrison: FEM - AEM
Applicability of the AEM
2 Overview of the AEM
Springs in the AEM
Discretization in the AEM
Large deformation static analysis with AEM
3 Dynamic analysis with the AEM
Differential equations of motion
Seismic analysis
Progresive collapse analysis
Extreme Loadingr for Structures
K ∆u = ∆f + Rm + Rg
Contents
1 Introduction
Numerical methods - FEM/AEM
Comparrison: FEM - AEM
Applicability of the AEM
2 Overview of the AEM
Springs in the AEM
Discretization in the AEM
Large deformation static analysis with AEM
3 Dynamic analysis with the AEM
Differential equations of motion
Seismic analysis
Progresive collapse analysis
Extreme Loadingr for Structures
Contents
1 Introduction
Numerical methods - FEM/AEM
Comparrison: FEM - AEM
Applicability of the AEM
2 Overview of the AEM
Springs in the AEM
Discretization in the AEM
Large deformation static analysis with AEM
3 Dynamic analysis with the AEM
Differential equations of motion
Seismic analysis
Progresive collapse analysis
Extreme Loadingr for Structures
Contents
1 Introduction
Numerical methods - FEM/AEM
Comparrison: FEM - AEM
Applicability of the AEM
2 Overview of the AEM
Springs in the AEM
Discretization in the AEM
Large deformation static analysis with AEM
3 Dynamic analysis with the AEM
Differential equations of motion
Seismic analysis
Progresive collapse analysis
Extreme Loadingr for Structures
Contents
1 Introduction
Numerical methods - FEM/AEM
Comparrison: FEM - AEM
Applicability of the AEM
2 Overview of the AEM
Springs in the AEM
Discretization in the AEM
Large deformation static analysis with AEM
3 Dynamic analysis with the AEM
Differential equations of motion
Seismic analysis
Progresive collapse analysis
Extreme Loadingr for Structures