Beam stiffness matrix based on the elasticity equations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-232

  Schramm, Uwe ^a   Rubenchik, Vladimir ^b   Pilkey, Walter D ^c   Morse, Frederik T ^a,b  

^a Altair Engineering Gmbh   (Germany)

^b University of Virginia ^*  (United States)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam theory; Finite elements; Timoshenko beam

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); ELASTICITY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX; TORSIONAL STRESS;

BEAM THEORY;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0030871488     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19970130)40:2<211::AID-NME58>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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