A weak-weak formulation for large displacements beam statics: A finite volumes approximation

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 585-604

  Franchi, Claudio G ^a   Montelaghi, Fabio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite volumes; Large displacements; Mixed formulation

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GEOMETRY; INTERPOLATION; KINEMATICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

BEAM GEOMETRICAL MODEL; BEAM STATICS; FINITE VOLUME APPROXIMATION; LAGRANGIAN COORDINATE; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; PRINCIPLE OF VIRTUAL WORK; STRAIN PARAMETERS; WEAK-WEAK FORMULATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 0030083846     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19960229)39:4<585::AID-NME871>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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