Shape optimization of shells and locking

Computers and Structures

Volumn 82, Issue 29-30, 2004, Pages 2551-2561

  Camprubí, Natalia ^a   Bischoff, Manfred ^a   Bletzinger, Kai Uwe ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dsg method; Finite elements; Locking; Reissner mindlin shells; Sensitivity analysis; Shape optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

DSG METHOD; LOCKING; REISSNER-MINDLIN SHELLS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 8344269454     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2004.04.017     Document Type: Article

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