A modified corotational framework for triangular shell elements

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 196, Issue 13-16, 2007, Pages 1905-1914

  Battini, Jean Marc ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corotational method; Euler parameters; Finite rotations; Shell elements

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ROTATION;

COROTATIONAL METHOD; EULER PARAMETERS; FINITE ROTATIONS; SHELL ELEMENTS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ROTATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 33846324437     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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