Refined discrete quadrilateral degenerated shell element by using Timoshenko's beam function

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1203-1227

  Chen, Wanji J ^a   Cheung, Y K ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Convergence; Displacement function of Timoshenko's beam; Free from membrane and shear locking; Refined discrete quadrilateral shell element

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR STRENGTH; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRAIN;

DISPLACEMENT FUNCTION; OSCILLATORY SOLUTIONS; SHEAR LOCKING; TIMOSHENKO'S BEAM FUNCTION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 21344465638     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1317     Document Type: Article

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