Method of area coordinate - From triangular to quadrilateral elements

Advances in Structural Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Long, Y ^a   Long, Z ^a   Cen, S ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; INTEGRATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS MATRIX;

QUADRILATERAL ELEMENTS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035247596     PISSN: 13694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1369433011502291     Document Type: Article

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