Quasi-conforming triangular Reissner-Mindlin shell elements by using Timoshenko's beam function

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 325-350

  Wang, Changsheng ^a   Hu, Ping ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Flat shell; Quasi conforming; Timoshenko's beam

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT FUNCTION; DRILLING DEGREES OF FREEDOM; EXPLICIT FORM; FIELD FUNCTION; FLAT SHELL; MEMBRANE BEHAVIOR; MODERATELY THICK; NUMERICAL TESTS; QUASI-CONFORMING; REISSNER-MINDLIN; REISSNER-MINDLIN PLATE THEORY; SHELL ELEMENT; THIN PLATE; TIMOSHENKO'S BEAM; TIMOSHENKO'S BEAM FUNCTION;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); STIFFNESS MATRIX;

MINDLIN PLATES;

EID: 84872117442     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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