Postbuckling analysis of thin plates on an elastic foundation by HT FE approach

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 547-556

  Qin, Qing Hua ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elastic foundation; Plate; Postbuckling analysis; Trefftz finite element

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ELASTIC FOUNDATION; HYBRID TREFFTZ FINITE ELEMENT; POSTBUCKLING ANALYSIS; THIN PLATE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031220809     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0307-904x(97)00056-5     Document Type: Article

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