On successive differentiations of the rotation tensor: An application to nonlinear beam elements

Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Volumn 8, Issue 5-7, 2013, Pages 305-340

  Merlini, Teodoro ^a   Morandini, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exponential map; Finite rotation differentiations; Nonlinear beam elements; Orientation interpolation; Rotation differential maps; Space curved slender beams

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SOLID MECHANICS; DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; EXPONENTIAL MAP; FINITE ROTATIONS; NON-LINEAR BEAMS; NONLINEAR INTERPOLATION; SLENDER BEAMS; VARIATIONAL FORMULATION;

INTERPOLATION; TENSORS;

ROTATION;

EID: 84892772495     PISSN: 15593959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/jomms.2013.8.305     Document Type: Article

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