Substructuring, or component mode synthesis, requires components to share interface regions. When components modeled with rather different, often incompatible levels of refinement need to be connected, correctly defining the interfaces may be important.  
This work proposes the definition of the reduction of interface regions to the equivalent rigid-body motion which minimizes the  
strain energy in the structural component. The proposed formulation provides a natural and physically sound solution for  
the connection of detailed structural components within coarse, multi-rigid-body and 1D flexible models based on the beam theory.  
Applications are presented, that validate and illustrate the quality of the proposed formulation.


Compliant Interface in Component Mode Synthesis

Division / Sponsors: 
Design Engineering Division and Computers & Information In Engineering Division


Paper Proceedings: https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/IDETC-CIE/IDETC-CIE2020/volume/83907

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