The invention discloses a Kirchhoff sheet response adaptive
analysis method based on a virtual unit method, and the method comprises the steps: carrying out the virtual unit
discretization of a Kirchhoff
sheet structure, constructing a virtual unit space, and calculating a unit
stiffness matrix and a
mass matrix; evaluating a spatial discrete error by adopting a layered grid method, and carrying out grid adaptive refinement on an initial grid; calculating the acceleration, evaluating the time discrete error of the virtual unit, establishing a time discrete error standard to adjust the
time step length, and carrying out the adaptive adjustment of the
time step length; and integrating evaluation results of the spatial discrete error and the time discrete error, controlling grid refinement and
time step length adjustment, and realizing time-space adaptive analysis of the Kirchhoff thin plate response. According to the method, the flexibility and adaptability of the grid are effectively improved, the calculation efficiency is remarkably improved, and the method can be widely applied to thin plate
structure analysis and design in the fields of machinery, buildings, bridges,
aerospace and the like and has important
engineering application value.