Two nonconforming quadrilateral elements for the Reissner-Mindlin plate

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1503-1517

  Ming, Pingbing ^a   Shi, Zhong C I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENTIFIC ENGINEERING COMPUTING   (China)

Author keywords

Locking free; Quadrilateral nonconforming rotated Q1 element; Reissner Mindlin plate

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144483302     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202505000868     Document Type: Article

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