A general methodology for recovering equilibrating finite element tractions and stress fields for plate and solid elements

Computer Assisted Mechanics and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 533-548

  Ladevèze, Pierre ^a   Maunder, Edward Anthony Ward ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY;

MAXWELL FORCE DIAGRAMS; TREFFTZ METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031359192     PISSN: 1232308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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