Locking-free continuum displacement finite elements with nodal integration

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1020-1043

  Krysl, P ^a   Zhu, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assumed strain; Distortion sensitivity; Finite element; Linear elasticity; Nodal quadrature; Volumetric locking; Weighted residual

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; THERMOELECTRICITY; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

ASSUMED STRAIN; DISTORTION SENSITIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT; LINEAR ELASTICITY; NODAL QUADRATURE; VOLUMETRIC LOCKING; WEIGHTED RESIDUAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 60949084429     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2354     Document Type: Article

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