Large nonstationary random responses of shell structures with geometrical and material nonlinearities

Finite elements in analysis and design

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-77

  To, C W S ^a   Liu, M L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEFORMATION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RANDOM PROCESSES; ROTATION; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

LARGE NONSTATIONARY RANDOM RESPONSE; STOCHASTIC CENTRAL DIFFERENCE METHODS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0034174095     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(99)00054-2     Document Type: Article

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