The linearized three-dimensional beam theory of naturally curved and twisted beams: The strain vectors formulation

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 195, Issue 33-36, 2006, Pages 4557-4578

  Zupan, D ^a   Saje, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Consistent linearization; Linear beam theory; Naturally curved and twisted beam; Strain measure; Three dimensional beam; Three dimensional rotation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CURVED BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROTATION; STRAIN; VECTORS;

LINEAR BEAM THEORY; NUMERICAL ALGORITHM; STRAIN VECTORS FORMULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL BEAM THEORY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ROTATION; TWISTED BEAM;

LINEARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; CURVED BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEARIZATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROTATION; STRAIN; VECTORS;

EID: 33646194017     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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