Combined axial and bending stiffness in interval finite-element methods

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1700-1709

  Muhanna, Rafi L ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Mullen, Robert L ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending; Finite element method; Parameters; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

DEPENDENCY PROBLEM; INTERVAL NUMBERS; LINEAR STATIC STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; UNCERTAIN LOADING;

DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STIFFNESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION);

EID: 36248997568     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2007)133:12(1700)     Document Type: Article

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