A simple way to introduce fibers into FEM models

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 585-603

  Vanalli, L ^a   Paccola, R R ^b   Coda, H B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

FEM; Fibers; Random

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FIBER OPTICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MESH GENERATION; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

DEGREE OF FREEDOM (DOF); FEM MODELING; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FINITE ELEMENT (FE); FINITE ELEMENT (FE) MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM); FINITE NUMBERS; LINEAR FORMULATIONS; LONG FIBERS; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS; SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS;

FIBERS;

EID: 48249108764     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: 10990887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.983     Document Type: Article

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