Triangular finite elements with rotational degrees of freedom and enhanced strain modes

Computers and Structures

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 361-368

  Piltner, R ^a   Taylor, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ROTATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

PLANE STRAIN-STRESS ANALYSIS; THREE-MODE TRIANGULAR FINITE ELEMENTS;

STRAIN;

EID: 0033908973     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(99)00095-4     Document Type: Article

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