Static and dynamic convergence studies of a four-noded membrane finite element with rotational degrees of freedom based on displacement superposition

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1263-1275

  Çalik Karaköse, Ülkü H ^a   Askes, Harm ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Displacement superposition; Element technology; Membrane element; Rotational degrees of freedom

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT SUPERPOSITION; ELEMENT DISTORTION; ELEMENT TECHNOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT; IN-PLANE DISPLACEMENT; INPLANE ROTATION; MEMBRANE ELEMENTS; ROTATIONAL DEGREES OF FREEDOM; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STATIC AND DYNAMIC LOADING; STATIC AND DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE;

ASPECT RATIO; DYNAMIC LOADS; LOADING;

MECHANICS;

EID: 79551489256     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1203     Document Type: Article

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