Solution strategy and rigid element for nonlinear analysis of elastically structures based on updated Lagrangian formulation

Engineering Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1189-1200

  Yang, Y B ^a   Lin, S P ^a   Leu, L J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Frame; Geometric nonlinearity; Load deflection analysis; Rigid body rule; Truss

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); ELASTICITY; ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RIGIDITY; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

LOAD-DEFLECTION ANALYSIS; RIGID-BODY RULE; STRUCTURAL DISPLACEMENTS;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); ELASTICITY; ITERATIVE METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RIGIDITY; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

ELASTICITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

EID: 34247481553     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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