Explicit integration of the stiffness matrix of a four-noded-plane-elasticity finite element

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 731-743

  Videla, L ^a   Cerrolaza, M ^a   Aparicio, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Explicit integration; Finite elements; Stiffness matrix; Symbolic manipulation

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

DERIVE SYMBOLIC MANIPULATION CODE; FOUR-NODED PLANE ELASTICITY FINITE ELEMENT; SYMBOLIC INTEGRATION APPROACHES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0030285701     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(199611)12:11<731::AID-CNM9>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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