Finite element method in plane Cosserat elasticity

Computers and Structures

Volumn 80, Issue 27-30, 2002, Pages 2059-2069

  Providas, E ^a   Kattis, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cosserat continua; Finite elements; Micropolar theory; Patch test

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYNOMIALS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

STRAIN-SOFTENING;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 0036857313     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(02)00262-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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