A new twelve DOF quadrilateral element for analysis of thick and thin plates

European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 299-326

  Soh, Ai Kah ^a   Cen, Song ^b   Long, Yu Qiu ^b   Long, Zhi Fei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

ARS Q12; Finite element; Quadrilateral element; Shear locking; Thick thin plate elements; Timoshenko's beam theory

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; BENDING MOMENTS; BENDING STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

QUADRILATERAL ELEMENT; SHEAR LOCKING; SHEAR STRAIN; THICK THIN PLATE ELEMENTS; TIMOSHENKO'S BEAM THEORY;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0035281958     PISSN: 09977538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0997-7538(00)01129-3     Document Type: Article

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