Two finite-element discretizations for gradient elasticity

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-213

  Zervos, A ^a   Papanicolopulos, Stefanos A ^b   Vardoulakis, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Elastic analysis; Finite element method; Microstructures; Numerical models

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOHYDRODYNAMICS; INTERPOLATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS;

APPROXIMATE SOLUTIONS; BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; BOUNDARY VALUES; DISCRETIZATIONS; DISPLACEMENT FORMULATIONS; ELASTIC ANALYSIS; FINITE-ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION; GRADIENT ELASTICITIES; ISOPARAMETRIC ELEMENTS; MATERIAL PARAMETERS; MICRO DEFORMATIONS; MINDLIN; NUMERICAL MODELS; STRAIGHT EDGES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

DISPLACEMENT; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 60649103606     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2009)135:3(203)     Document Type: Article

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