Refined triangular discrete Mindlin flat shell elements

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-60

  Zengjie, G ^a   Wanji, C ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Displacement functions of a Timoshenko beam; Drilling degrees of freedom; Mindlin plate theory; Shear locking

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DRILLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN;

DISPLACEMENT FUNCTIONS OF A TIMOSHENKO BEAM; DRILLING DEGREE OF FREEDOM; MINDLIN PLATE THEORY; SHEAR LOCKING;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 3042766289     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-003-0499-z     Document Type: Article

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