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Table 1 Comparison between theoretical solution and numerical LCP solution at phase transition.

From: An Improved Linear Complementarity Solver for the Dynamic Analysis of Blast Loaded Structures

 

Theoretical solution

Numerical

Lumped mass

Error

Lumped mass

(%)

Numerical

Continuous mass

Error

Continuous mass

(%)

\({P}_{0}=1.5{P}_{c}\)

 Hinge position

\({\xi }_{*}/L\)

0.58579

0.59000

− 0.72

0.58500

0.1349

 Displacement at the end of motion

\({\bar{W}}_{1}=({W}_{1}/L)(mL){M}_{p}/{I}^{2}\)

0.13471

0.13429

0.31

0.13456

0.1114

 Cessation time

\(\overline{t }={M}_{p}T/IL\)

0.30463

0.30444

0.06

0.30784

− 1.0537

\({P}_{0}=2.5{P}_{c}\)

 Hinge position

\({\xi }_{*}/L\)

0.58579

0.59000

− 0.72

0.58500

0.1349

 Displacement at the end of first phase

\({\bar{W}}_{1}=({W}_{1}/L)(mL){M}_{p}/{I}^{2}\)

0.43885

0.43576

0.7

0.43615

0.6152

 Displacement at the end of second phase

\({\bar{W}}_{2}=({W}_{2}/L)(mL){M}_{p}/{I}^{2}\)

0.48008

0.47692

0.66

0.47706

0.6291

 Cessation time

\({\bar{t}}_{2}={M}_{p}T/IL\)

0.34315

0.34308

0.02

0.3450

− 0.5391