Geometric non-linear analysis of space shell structures using generalized conforming flat shell elements - For space shell structures

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 941-957

  Qun, Zhang ^a   Lu, Mu ^b   Wenqi, Kuang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arc length method; Drilling degrees of freedom; Generalized conforming; Geometrical non linear; UL formulation

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ARC-LENGTH METHOD; EULER-NEWTON METHOD;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0032181862     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0887(1998100)14:10<941::AID-CNM200>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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