Curved beam elements based on strain fields

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 767-773

  Ryu, Ha Sang ^a   Sin, Hyo Chol ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Curved beam element; Membrane locking; Shear locking; Strain based element; Transformation matrix

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN RATE; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

CURVATURE STRAIN FIELDS; DISPLACEMENT FIELDS; MEMBRANE STRAIN FIELDS; SHEAR STRAIN FIELDS;

CURVED BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0030290948     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(199611)12:11<767::AID-CNM16>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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