Stabilized finite element formulations for shells in a bending dominated state

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-73

  Chapelle, Dominique ^a,b   Stenberg, Rolf ^c,d  

^a Lab d'Etud des Mat et Struct D   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Finite element methods; Naghdi model; Shells; Stabilized methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002981522     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s0036142996302918     Document Type: Article

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