Differential cubature method: A solution technique for Kirchhoff plates of arbitrary shape

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Liew, K M ^a   Liu, F L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL CUBATURE (DC) METHOD; KIRCHHOFF PLATES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031167220     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(96)01194-2     Document Type: Article

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