A simple average nodal pressure tetrahedral element for incompressible and nearly incompressible dynamic explicit applications

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 437-449

  Bonet, J ^a   Burton, A J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Explicit dynamics; Finite elements; Large strains; Near incompressible deformation; Tetrahedron

Indexed keywords

BARS (METAL); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELASTOPLASTICITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRAIN;

EXPLICIT DYNAMICS; ISOCHORIC STRAINS; LINEAR TETRAHEDRON ELEMENTS; NEAR INCOMPRESSIBLE DEFORMATIONS; VOLUMETRIC LOCKING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0032072983     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(199805)14:5<437::AID-CNM162>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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