On the accuracy of p-version elements for the Reissner-Mindlin plate problem

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-67

  Rank, Ernst ^a,d   Krause, Roland ^b   Preusch, Karin ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

p version; Reissner Mindlin plates; Shear force computation

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR STRESS;

BLENDING FUNCTION TECHNIQUES; REISSNER-MINDLIN PLATES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0032163106     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980915)43:1<51::AID-NME382>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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