Fundamentals of a vector form intrinsic finite element: Part I. Basic procedure and a plane frame element

Journal of Mechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-122

  Ting, Edward C ^a,b   Shih, Chiang ^c   Wang, Yeon Kang ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Trinity Foundation Engineering   (Taiwan)

^d FORTUNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Explicit; Finite element; Frame; Large displacement

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; HEAT CONVECTION; KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; PLANE FRAME ELEMENTS; RIGID BODY NOTIONS;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 3042743717     PISSN: 17277191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1727719100003336     Document Type: Article

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