Sensitivity analysis for large-deflection and postbuckling responses on distributed-memory computers

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 393-409

  Watson, Brian C ^a   Noor, Ahmed K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR LARGE DEFLECTION; POSTBUCKLING;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030080878     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7825(95)00862-4     Document Type: Article

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