A mixed co-rotational formulation of 2D beam element using vectorial rotational variables

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-69

  Li, Z X ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Co rotational procedure; Hellinger Reissner functional; Large displacement; Large rotation; Locking free; Vectorial rotational variable

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; VECTORS;

CO-ROTATIONAL PROCEDURE; HELLINGER-REISSNER FUNCTIONAL; LARGE DISPLACEMENT; LARGE ROTATION; VECTORIAL ROTATIONAL VARIABLE;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; VECTORS;

EID: 33846301660     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: 10990887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.882     Document Type: Article

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