A three-noded shear-flexible curved beam element based on coupled displacement field interpolations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-101

  Raveendranath, P ^a   Singh, Gajbir ^a   Venkateswara Rao, G ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Coupled field interpolations; Curved beam; Finite element; Locking; Three noded

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INTERPOLATION; POLYNOMIALS; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SHEAR FLEXIBILITY; TIMOSHENKO BEAM THEORY;

CURVED BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0035837526     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.160     Document Type: Article

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