Hybrid stress tetrahedral elements with Allman's rotational D.O.F.s

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1055-1070

  Sze, K Y ^a   Pan, Y S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite element; Hybrid mixed; Rotation; Tetrahedron; Zero energy mode

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ALLMAN'S ROTATIONAL DEGREES OF FREEDOM; HYBRID STRESS TETRAHEDRAL ELEMENTS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033716463     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(20000710)48:7<1055::AID-NME916>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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