New insights into the strong formulation finite element method for solving elastostatic and elastodynamic problems

Curved and Layered Structures

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-126

  Fantuzzi, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite structure; Differential quadrature method.; Elastodynamic problem; Elastostatic problem; Strong formulation finite element method

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); STRAIN; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

COMMERCIAL FINITE ELEMENT CODES; DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE METHODS; ELASTO-STATIC PROBLEM; ELASTODYNAMIC PROBLEM; HOMOGENEOUS STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL; STRONG FORMULATIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84922351445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23537396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/cls-2014-0005     Document Type: Article

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