Automatic adaptive refinement for plate bending problems using Reissner-Mindlin plate bending elements

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-63

  Lee, C K ^a   Hobbs, R E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assumed strain elements; Automatic adaptive refinement; Boundary layer effects; Reissner Mindlin plate bending model; Singular point effects

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN;

ASSUMED STRAIN ELEMENTS; AUTOMATIC ADAPTIVE REFINEMENT; REISSNER MINDLIN PLATE BENDING MODEL; SINGULAR POINT EFFECTS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031672988     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980115)41:1<1::AID-NME264>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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