A quadratic plane triangular element immune to quadratic mesh distortions under quadratic displacement fields

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 195, Issue 9-12, 2006, Pages 1207-1223

  Liew, K M ^a   Rajendran, S ^b   Wang, J ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

6 node triangular element; Distortion immune; Distortion tolerant; Mesh distortion; Quadratic triangular element; US TRIA6

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; INTERPOLATION; POLYNOMIALS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DISTORTION IMMUNE; DISTORTION TOLERANT; MESH DISTORTION; QUADRATIC TRIANGULAR ELEMENT;

ELASTICITY;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 28444482797     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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