Static analysis of Mindlin plates: The differential quadrature element method (DQEM)

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 51-75

  Han, J B ^a,b   Liew, K M ^b  

^a Hewlett Packard Singapore (Private) Limited   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FUNCTIONS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR DEFORMATION;

AXISYMMETRIC STATIC ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE ELEMENT METHOD; MINDLIN PLATES; MINDLIN SHEAR DEFORMABLE THEORY;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0033157742     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(99)00371-0     Document Type: Article

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