An arbitrary cross section, locking free shear-flexible curved beam finite element

International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 90-103

  Nascimbene, R ^a  

^a EUCENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Curved beam element; Finite element; Locking problem; Mixed interpolation

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; CURVED BEAMS AND GIRDERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ARBITRARY CROSS SECTION; ARCH STRUCTURES; CURVED BEAM ELEMENTS; DISPLACEMENT-BASED METHOD; GAUSS INTEGRATIONS; LOCKING PROBLEM; MIXED INTERPOLATIONS; SHEAR AND MEMBRANE LOCKING;

LOCKS (FASTENERS);

EID: 84874325751     PISSN: 15502287     EISSN: 15502295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15502287.2012.698706     Document Type: Article

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