An improved 3-D brick Cosserat point element for irregular shaped elements

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 979-1004

  Jabareen, M ^a   Rubin, M B ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cosserat point element; Finite element; Hourglassing; Irregular elements; Nonlinear elasticity

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; STRAIN ENERGY;

COSSERAT POINT ELEMENT (CPE); HOURGLASSING; ORTHOGONAL BASE VECTORS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 34548101369     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-007-0158-x     Document Type: Article

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