The development and applications of the helically symmetric boundary conditions in finite element analysis

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 435-443

  Jiang, W G ^a   Henshall, J L ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraint equation; Finite element; Helical symmetry

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DYNAMIC LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONSTRAINT EQUATIONS; HELICALLY SYMMETRIC STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033311952     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0887(199906/07)15:6<435::aid-cnm257>3.0.co;2-w     Document Type: Article

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