Extrapolated fields in the formulation of the assumed strain elements: Part II: Three-dimensional problems

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-29

  Chen, Yung I ^a,b   Stolarski, Henryk K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Ministry of Transportation and Communications Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROBLEM SOLVING; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRAIN;

STRAIN ELEMENTS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032002236     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(97)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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