A stabilized smoothed finite element method for free vibration analysis of Mindlin-Reissner plates

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 882-906

  Nguyen Xuan, H ^a   Nguyen Thoi, T ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Free vibration; Mindlin Reissner plates; MITC4 element; Shear locking; Smoothed finite elements; Stabilized method

Indexed keywords

FREE VIBRATION; MINDLIN-REISSNER PLATE; MITC4 ELEMENTS; SHEAR-LOCKING; SMOOTHED FINITE ELEMENTS; STABILIZED METHOD;

CURVE FITTING; MINDLIN PLATES; SHEARING; SHEARING MACHINES; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 69749112147     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: 10990887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1137     Document Type: Article

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