Improving stability and accuracy of Reissner-Mindlin plate finite elements via algebraic subgrid scale stabilization

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 193, Issue 15-16, 2004, Pages 1517-1528

  Bischoff, Manfred ^a   Bletzinger, Kai Uwe ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algebraic subgrid scale stabilization; Discrete shear gap method; Finite elements; Reissner Mindlin plate theory

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR DEFORMATION; STABILITY; STRAIN;

ALGEBRAIC SUBGRID SCALE (ASS) FORMULATION; DEFLECTION MATCHING; DISCRETE SHEAR GAP (DSG) METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2042520906     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2003.12.036     Document Type: Article

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