Membrane elements insensitive to distortion using the quadrilateral area coordinate method

Computers and Structures

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-54

  Chen, Xiao Ming ^a   Cen, Song ^a   Long, Yu Qiu ^a   Yao, Zhen Han ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4 node quadrilateral element; AGQ6 I; AGQ6 II; Finite element; Mesh distortion; Quadrilateral area coordinates

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

MEMBRANE ELEMENTS; MESH DISTORTION;

INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES;

EID: 0345356928     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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