Implementation of a flat facet shell finite element for applications in structural dynamics

Computers and Structures

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 657-663

  Allman, D J ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DYNAMICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEMBRANES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

FLAT FACET SHELL FINITE ELEMENT; LUMPED MASS MATRICES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0030150913     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7949(95)00284-7     Document Type: Article

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