Non-uniform warping including the effects of torsion and shear forces. Part I: A general beam theory

This two-part contribution presents a beam theory with a non-uniform warping including the effects of torsion and shear forces, and valid for any homogeneous cross-section made of isotropic elastic material. Part I is devoted to the theoretical developments and part II discusses analytical and numerical results obtained for torsion and shear-bending of cantilever beams made of different kinds of cross-section. The theory is based on a kinematics assuming that the cross-section maintains its shape and including three independent warping parameters associated to the three warping functions corresponding to torsion and shear forces. Starting from this displacement model and using the principle of virtual work, the corresponding beam theory is derived. For this theory, closed-form results are obtained for the cross-sectional constants and the three-dimensional expressions of the normal and shear stresses. Comparison with classical beam theories is carried out and additional effects due to the non-uniformity of the warping are highlighted. In particular, the contributions of primary and secondary internal forces and the effect of the non-symmetry of the cross-section on the structural behavior of the beam are specified. Simplified versions of this theory, wherein the number of degrees of freedom is reduced, are also presented. The analytical and numerical analyzes presented in part II give responses on the quality of this non-uniform beam theory and indicate also when its simplified versions could be applied.

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