Journal of Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics
36, 2, pp. 387-401, Warsaw 1998
and Applied Mechanics
36, 2, pp. 387-401, Warsaw 1998
On application of the boundary element methods for analysis of shakedown problems
The paper aims at presentation of the numerical model of shakedown analysis based on the direct and indirect versions of the boundary element method. Comparison of numerical results with those obtained by the finite element and finite difference methods proved the efficiency and reliability of the boundary elements. A posteriori error estimate and adaptive meshing are discussed and proposed as further improvement of the BEM shakedown analysis.
Keywords: boundary element methods; shakedown analysis; railroad rails