Approximation of functionally graded plates with non-conforming finite elements

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 106-115

  Chinosi, Claudia ^a   Della Croce, Lucia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functionally graded plates; Non conforming finite element methods; Reissner Mindlin plates

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED PLATES; NON-CONFORMING FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; REISSNER-MINDLIN PLATES;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS;

EID: 34748846864     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2006.10.078     Document Type: Article

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