Quadrilateral and triangular plane elements with rotational degrees of freedom based on the hybrid Trefftz method

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1002-1008

  Choo, Yeon Seok ^a   Choi, Noori ^a   Chai Lee, Byung ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drilling degrees of freedom; Finite element; Hybrid Trefftz method; Linear elastic; Plane element

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON EQUATION; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

DRILLING DEGREES OF FREEDOM; HYBRID TREFFTZ METHOD; LINEAR ELASTIC; PLANE ELEMENT;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 33646848254     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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