Formulation of geometrically non-linear problems in the spatial reference frame

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1263-1280

  Noël, André T ^a   Szabó, Barna A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eulerian reference frame; Finite elements; Geometrically non linear analysis; P version

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

GEOMETRICALLY NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; SPATIAL REFERENCE FRAME;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031121534     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19970415)40:7<1263::AID-NME113>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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