A user-controlled arc-length method for convergence to predefined deformation states

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-58

  Teng, J G ^a   Luo, Y F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accumulated arc length control; Arc length method; Convergence; Non linear analysis; Predefined deformation states; User control

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DEFORMATION; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

ACCUMULATED ARC LENGTH CONTROL; ARC LENGTH METHOD; PREDEFINED DEFORMATION STATES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031649555     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(199801)14:1<51::AID-CNM130>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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