On evaluating the inf-sup condition for plate bending elements

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 3639-3663

  Iosilevich, Alexander ^a   Bathe, Klaus Jürgen ^a   Brezzi, Franco ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inf sup condition; Reissner Mindlin plate elements

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

INF SUP CONDITION; REISSNER MINDLIN PLATE BENDING ELEMENTS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031257086     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19971015)40:19<3639::AID-NME232>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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