Large deformation analyses of space-frame structures, using explicit tangent stiffness matrices, based on the reissner variational principle and a von karman type nonlinear theory in rotated reference frames

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 335-368

  Cai, Yongchang ^a,b   Paik, J K ^c   Atluri, Satya N ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Explicit tangent stiffness, Updated lagrangian formulation; Large deformation; Reissner variational principle; Rod; Space frames; Unsymmetrical cross section

Indexed keywords

LARGE DEFORMATIONS; SPACE FRAMES; TANGENT STIFFNESS; UNSYMMETRICAL; UPDATED LAGRANGIAN FORMULATIONS; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ROTATION; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

STIFFNESS MATRIX;

EID: 77949779934     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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