A stabilized one-point integrated quadrilateral Reissner-Mindlin plate element

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 2273-2295

  Gruttmann, F ^a   Wagner, W ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bending patch test; Effective analytical stiffness integration; Hellinger Reissner variational principle; One point integration plus stabilization matrix; Quadrilateral element

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; ELASTICITY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

REISSNER-MINDLIN PLATES; STRESS RESULTANTS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 10944265445     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1148     Document Type: Article

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