Locking-free thick-thin rod/beam element for large deformation analyses of space-frame structures, based on the reissner variational principle and a von karman type nonlinear theory

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-108

  Cai, Y C ^a,b   Paik, J K ^c   Atluri, S N ^d  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Explicit tangent stiffness; Large deformation; Locking free; Reissner variational principle; Space frames; Thick Beam Rod; Unsymmetrical cross section

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; LOCKS (FASTENERS); NUMERICAL METHODS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR FLOW; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

LOCKING-FREE; SPACE FRAMES; TANGENT STIFFNESS; THICK BEAM; UNSYMMETRICAL CROSS-SECTION; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES;

STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

EID: 77952846020     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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