A comparison of finite elements for nonlinear beams: The absolute nodal coordinate and geometrically exact formulations

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-68

  Romero, Ignacio ^a  

^a ETS Ingenieros de Telecomunicacion   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absolute nodal coordinate; Finite element; Flexible multibody; Geometrically exact; Nonlinear beam

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; ONTOLOGY;

APPLIED (CO); BUSINESS MEDIA; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DISCRETE LEVELS; FINITE ELEMENT (FE); FINITE ELEMENT (FE) FORMULATION; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; NON-LINEAR BEAMS; RUN TIME; SPRINGER (CO);

NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 45849119062     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11044-008-9105-7     Document Type: Article

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