Analytical stiffness matrices for tetrahedral elements

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 196, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 261-278

  Pedersen, Pauli ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Analytical FE; Basic matrices; FE errors; Green Lagrange strains; Orthotropy; Stiffness matrices; Tetrahedron

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

GREEN-LAGRANGE STRAINS; LINEAR STRAINS; ORTHOTROPY; TETRAHEDRAL ELEMENTS;

STRAIN;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33846479941     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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