An improved quadrilateral flat element with drilling degrees of freedom for shell structural analysis

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-110

  Nguyen Van, H ^a   Mai Duy, N ^a   Tran Cong, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drilling degrees of freedom; First order shear deformation theory; Flat shell; Shear locking free; Strain smoothing method

Indexed keywords

DRILLING DEGREES OF FREEDOM; FIRST-ORDER SHEAR DEFORMATION THEORY; FLAT SHELL; SHEAR-LOCKING; SMOOTHING METHODS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DRILLING; MECHANICS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRAIN; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 76449121959     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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