Improved four-node Hellinger-Reissner elements based on skew coordinates

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 798-836

  Wisniewski, K ^a   Turska, E ^b  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b POLISH JAPANESE INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Assumed stress element; Assumed stress enhanced strain element; Four node finite elements; Incremental Hellinger Reissner functional; Skew coordinates

Indexed keywords

ASSUMED STRESS ELEMENT; ASSUMED STRESS/ENHANCED STRAIN ELEMENT; FOUR-NODE FINITE ELEMENTS; INCREMENTAL HELLINGER-REISSNER FUNCTIONAL; SKEW COORDINATES;

FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS;

EID: 60949087153     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2343     Document Type: Article

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