A study of optimal membrane triangles with drilling freedoms

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 192, Issue 16-18, 2003, Pages 2125-2168

  Felippa, Carlos A ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Assumed natural deviatoric strains; Clones; Drilling freedoms; Finite elements; Hierarchical models; High performance; Membrane; Plane stress; Shell; Signatures; Templates; Triangles

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; STRAIN;

OPTIMAL MEMBRANE TRAINGLES;

DRILLING;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 0038364169     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(03)00253-6     Document Type: Article

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