Quadratic triangular C0 plate bending element

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 937-951

  Sze, K Y ^a,c   Zhu, Dan ^b   Chen, Da Peng ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SW Jiaotong University Chengdu   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assumed strain formulation; Finite element; Mindlin Reissner; Plate bending; Triangular

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN;

ADAPTIVE REFINEMENT; ASSUMED STRAIN FORMULATION; PLATE BENDING; SHEAR LOCKING; TRIANGULAR;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031104293     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19970315)40:5<937::AID-NME96>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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