Large deflection analysis of 3D membrane structures by a 4-node quadrilateral intrinsic element

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-275

  Wu, Tung Yueh ^a   Ting, Edward C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrinsic model.; Large deflection analysis; Membrane structure

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VECTORS;

DEFLECTION ANALYSIS; INTERNAL NODAL FORCES; MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; QUADRILATERAL INTRINSIC ELEMENT; VECTOR FORM INTRINSIC FINITE ELEMENT (VFIFE);

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

EID: 39149095309     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2007.08.043     Document Type: Article

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