Large deflection analysis of flexible planar frames

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Transactions of the Chinese Institute of Engineers,Series A/Chung-kuo Kung Ch'eng Hsuch K'an

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 593-606

  Wu, Tong Yue ^a   Wang, Ren Zou ^b   Wang, Chung Yue ^b  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Deformation coordinates; Flexible frames; Large deflection analysis; Vector form intrinsic finite element

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATION; VECTORS;

DEFORMATION COORDINATES; FLEXIBLE FRAMES; LARGE DEFLECTION ANALYSIS; VECTOR FORM INTRINSIC FINITE ELEMENT;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 33746918995     PISSN: 02533839     EISSN: 21587299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533839.2006.9671156     Document Type: Article

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