Truss and beam finite elements revisited: A derivation based on displacement-field decomposition

International Journal of Space Structures

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 371-380

  Zingoni, Alphose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; TRUSSES;

CONSISTENT MASS MATRICES; DISPLACEMENT FIELD DECOMPOSITION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030360338     PISSN: 09560599     EISSN: 20598033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026635119601100404     Document Type: Article

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