Assembly of Plate and Panel Models (compmech.panel.assembly)#

class compmech.panel.assembly.PanelAssembly(panels, conn=None)[source]#

Class for Panel Assemblies

This class has some useful methods that will help plotting output for different panel groups within the assembly and so forth.

For more details about the theory involved, see [castro2017AssemblyModels].

Parameters:
panelsiterable

A list, tuple etc of Panel objects.

conndict

A connectivity dictionary.

Notes

Concerning the conn dictionary, the key ‘func’ stands for the connection function that builds the compatibility relations between the panels.

The connections functions available are:
  • ‘SSycte’ : defines a skin-skin connection and calls the following functions fkCSSycte11, fkCSSycte12, fkCSSycte22

  • ‘SSxcte’ : defines a skin-skin connection and calls the following functions fkCSSxcte11, fkCSSxcte12, fkCSSxcte22

  • ‘SB’ : defines a skin-base connection and calls the following functions fkCBFycte11, fkCBFycte12, fkCBFycte22

  • ‘BFycte’: defines a base-flange connection and calls the following functions fkCBFycte11, fkCBFycte12, fkCBFycte22

Explanations about the connetion functions are found in connections module.

Methods

calc_k0([conn, c, silent, finalize, inc])

Calculate the constitutive stiffness matrix of the assembly

calc_kG0([c, silent, finalize])

Calculate the geometric stiffness matrix of the assembly

plot(c, group[, invert_y, vec, filename, ...])

Contour plot for a Ritz constants vector.

strain(c, group[, gridx, gridy, NLterms])

Calculate the strain field

stress(c, group[, gridx, gridy, NLterms])

Calculate the stress field

uvw(c, group[, gridx, gridy])

Calculate the displacement field

calc_fext

calc_fint

calc_kM

calc_kT

get_k0_conn

get_size

calc_k0(conn=None, c=None, silent=False, finalize=True, inc=1.0)[source]#

Calculate the constitutive stiffness matrix of the assembly

Parameters:
conndict, optional

A connectivity dictionary. Optional if already defined for the assembly.

carray-like or None, optional

This must be the result of a static analysis, used to compute non-linear terms based on the actual displacement field.

silentbool, optional

A boolean to tell whether the log messages should be printed.

finalizebool, optional

Asserts validity of output data and makes the output matrix symmetric, should be False when assemblying.

incfloat, optional

Dummy argument needed for non-linear analyses.

calc_kG0(c=None, silent=False, finalize=True)[source]#

Calculate the geometric stiffness matrix of the assembly

Parameters:
carray-like or None, optional

This must be the result of a static analysis, used to compute non-linear terms based on the actual displacement field.

silentbool, optional

A boolean to tell whether the log messages should be printed.

finalizebool, optional

Asserts validity of output data and makes the output matrix symmetric, should be False when assemblying.

plot(c, group, invert_y=False, vec='w', filename='', ax=None, figsize=(3.5, 2.0), save=True, title='', identify=False, show_boundaries=False, boundary_line='--k', boundary_linewidth=1.0, colorbar=False, cbar_nticks=2, cbar_format=None, cbar_title='', cbar_fontsize=10, colormap='jet', aspect='equal', clean=True, dpi=400, texts=[], xs=None, ys=None, gridx=50, gridy=50, num_levels=400, vecmin=None, vecmax=None, calc_data_only=False)[source]#

Contour plot for a Ritz constants vector.

Parameters:
cnp.ndarray

The Ritz constants that will be used to compute the field contour.

groupstr

A group to plot. Each panel in panels should contain an attribute group, which is used to identify which entities should be plotted together.

vecstr, optional

Can be one of the components:

  • Displacement: 'u', 'v', 'w', 'phix', 'phiy'

  • Strain: 'exx', 'eyy', 'gxy', 'kxx', 'kyy', 'kxy', 'gyz', 'gxz'

  • Stress: 'Nxx', 'Nyy', 'Nxy', 'Mxx', 'Myy', 'Mxy', 'Qy', 'Qx'

invert_ybool, optional

Inverts the \(y\) axis of the plot.

savebool, optional

Flag telling whether the contour should be saved to an image file.

dpiint, optional

Resolution of the saved file in dots per inch.

filenamestr, optional

The file name for the generated image file. If no value is given, the \(name\) parameter of the Panel object will be used.

axAxesSubplot, optional

When ax is given, the contour plot will be created inside it.

figsizetuple, optional

The figure size given by (width, height).

titlestr, optional

If any string is given a title is added to the contour plot.

indentifybool, optional

If domains should be identified. If yes, the name of each panel is used.

show_boundariesbool, optional

If boundaries between domains should be drawn.

boundary_linestr, optional

Matplotlib string to define line type and color.

boundary_linewidthfloat, optional

Matplotlib float to define line width.

colorbarbool, optional

If a colorbar should be added to the contour plot.

cbar_nticksint, optional

Number of ticks added to the colorbar.

cbar_format[ None | format string | Formatter object ], optional

See the matplotlib.pyplot.colorbar documentation.

cbar_titlestr, optional

Colorbar title. If cbar_title == '' no title is added.

cbar_fontsizeint, optional

Fontsize of the colorbar labels.

colormapstring, optional

Name of a matplotlib available colormap.

aspectstr, optional

String that will be passed to the AxesSubplot.set_aspect() method.

cleanbool, optional

Clean axes ticks, grids, spines etc.

xsnp.ndarray, optional

The \(x\) positions where to calculate the displacement field. Default is None and the method _default_field is used.

ysnp.ndarray, optional

The y positions where to calculate the displacement field. Default is None and the method _default_field is used.

gridxint, optional

Number of points along the \(x\) axis where to calculate the displacement field.

gridyint, optional

Number of points along the \(y\) where to calculate the displacement field.

num_levelsint, optional

Number of contour levels (higher values make the contour smoother).

vecminfloat, optional

Minimum value for the contour scale (useful to compare with other results). If not specified it will be taken from the calculated field.

vecmaxfloat, optional

Maximum value for the contour scale.

calc_data_onlybool, optional

If only calculated data should be returned.

Returns:
axmatplotlib.axes.Axes

The Matplotlib object that can be used to modify the current plot if needed.

datadict

Data calculated during the plotting procedure.

strain(c, group, gridx=50, gridy=50, NLterms=True)[source]#

Calculate the strain field

Parameters:
cfloat

The full set of Ritz constants

groupstr

A group to plot. Each panel in panels should contain an attribute group, which is used to identify which entities should be plotted together.

gridxint, optional

Number of points along the \(x\) axis where to calculate the displacement field.

gridyint, optional

Number of points along the \(y\) where to calculate the displacement field.

NLtermsbool

Flag to indicate whether non-linear strain components should be considered.

Returns:
outdict

A dictionary of np.ndarrays with the keys: (x, y, exx, eyy, gxy, kxx, kyy, kxy).

stress(c, group, gridx=50, gridy=50, NLterms=True)[source]#

Calculate the stress field

Parameters:
cfloat

The full set of Ritz constants

groupstr

A group to plot. Each panel in panels should contain an attribute group, which is used to identify which entities should be plotted together.

gridxint, optional

Number of points along the \(x\) axis where to calculate the displacement field.

gridyint, optional

Number of points along the \(y\) where to calculate the displacement field.

NLtermsbool

Flag to indicate whether non-linear strain components should be considered.

Returns:
outdict

A dict containing many np.ndarrays, with the keys: (x, y, Nxx, Nyy, Nxy, Mxx, Myy, Mxy).

uvw(c, group, gridx=50, gridy=50)[source]#

Calculate the displacement field

For a given full set of Ritz constants c, the displacement field is calculated and stored in the parameters u, v, w, phix, phiy of the Panel object.

Parameters:
cfloat

The full set of Ritz constants

groupstr

A group to plot. Each panel in panels should contain an attribute group, which is used to identify which entities should be plotted together.

gridxint, optional

Number of points along the \(x\) axis where to calculate the displacement field.

gridyint, optional

Number of points along the \(y\) where to calculate the displacement field.

Returns:
outtuple

A tuple of np.ndarrays containing (xs, ys, u, v, w, phix, phiy).

Notes

The returned values u`, v, w, phix, phiy are stored as parameters with the same name in the Panel object.