The quadratic MITC plate and MITC shell elements in plate bending

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 712-728

  Lee, Phill Seung ^a   Bathe, Klaus Jürgen ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element; Locking; MITC; Mixed formulation; Optimal convergence; Plate; Shell

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION;

CONVERGENCE BEHAVIORS; FINITE ELEMENT; MATHEMATICAL BASIS; MIXED FORMULATIONS; OPTIMAL CONVERGENCE; PLATE ANALYSIS; PLATE AND SHELL; PLATE BENDING; PLATE ELEMENTS; PLATES AND SHELLS; RATES OF CONVERGENCE; SHELL ELEMENT;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 77249084072     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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