A unified formulation of small-strain corotational finite elements: I. Theory

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 194, Issue 21-24 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 2285-2335

  Felippa, Carlos A ^a   Haugen, Bjorn ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b FEDEM Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Corotational description; Geometrically nonlinear structural analysis; Shell finite elements

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

COROTATIONAL (CR) FORMULATION; ELEMENT INDEPENDENCE; SELF-EQUILIBRIUM; TANGENT STIFFNESS CONSISTENCY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT;

EID: 16244368053     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2004.07.035     Document Type: Article

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