Non-linear analysis of thin-walled members of open cross-section

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 535-552

  Ronagh, H R ^a   Bradford, M A ^b  

^a YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Newton Raphson method; Non linear torsion; Non linearity; Post buckling; Variational techniques

Indexed keywords

NEWTON RAPHSON METHOD; NONLINEAR STIFFNESS MATRICES; NONLINEAR TORSION; OPEN CROSS SECTION; THIN WALLED MEMBERS; TORSIONAL HARDENING; TOTAL POTENTIAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; TORSIONAL STRESS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0033366173     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19991010)46:4<535::AID-NME686>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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