Defect-free 4-node flat shell element: NMS-4F element

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-231

  Choi, Chang Koon ^a   Lee, Phill Seung ^a   Park, Yong Myung ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INTEGRATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

MINDLIN PLATE ELEMENT; NONCONFORMING MODE; RIGID LINK CORRECTION; SHELL ELEMENT; SUBSTITUTE SHEAR STRAIN;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0033177469     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.1999.8.2.207     Document Type: Article

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