In this paper the non-linear formulation of the boundary element method (BEM) for analyzing the stretching plate problem written in terms of displacements and tractions in the normal and tangential directions to the boundary has been developed. The integral equation of displacement is derived from Betti's reciprocity theorem, considering constant thickness on the plate. To obtain the non-linear solution an initial (or inelastic) force field must be considered over the plate domain, requiring therefore the plate domain discretization into cells. Besides, an implicit formulation is adopted, where the strains correction to be computed for each iteration is obtained by considering the consistent tangent operator, leading to a quadratic convergence rate in the iterative procedure required to achieve the plate equilibrium. In the numerical examples the results are compared to software ANSYS and the Von Mises criterion has been adopted to model the material behavior, showing the quadratic convergence rate. Besides, different discratizations have been analyzed in order to show as well the results convergence.
boundary element method; consistent tangent operator; non-linear analysis
