Geometrically non-linear beam element for dynamics simulation of multibody systems

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 763-786

  Sharf, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beam element; Multibody simulation; Non linear stiffness

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; VECTORS;

MULTIBODY SYSTEMS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0030109245     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19960315)39:5<763::AID-NME879>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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