Three dimensional absolute nodal coordinate formulation for beam elements: Implementation and applications

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 614-621

  Yakoub, Refaat Y ^a   Shabana, Ahmed A ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

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EID: 13644282674     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1410099     Document Type: Article

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