The exact thick arch finite element

Computers and Structures

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-379

  Litewka, Przemyslaw ^a   Rakowski, Jerzy ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Finite element; Shape function; Stiffness matrix; Thick arch

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

SHAPE FUNCTIONS;

ARCHES;

EID: 0032139793     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(98)00051-0     Document Type: Article

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