Analysis of plates and shells using an edge-based smoothed finite element method

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 141-156

  Cui, Xiangyang ^a,b   Liu, Gui Rong ^b,c   Li, Guang Yao ^a   Zhang, Guiyong ^c   Zheng, Gang ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DSG; ES FEM; Finite element; Plate and shell; Smoothed Galerkin weak form

Indexed keywords

GALERKIN METHODS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MESH GENERATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

DISCRETE SHEAR GAP METHODS; DISPLACEMENT APPROACHES; EDGE-BASED SMOOTHED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; EDGE-BASED SMOOTHED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS (ES-FEM); FIRST-ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION THEORY; MODERATELY THICK PLATE; PLATE AND SHELL; WEAK FORM;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 71449118296     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-009-0429-9     Document Type: Article

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