New Triangular Plane Element with Drilling Degrees of Freedom
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 128, Issue 4
Abstract
A new plane element with drilling degrees of freedom is derived in this paper. This membrane finite element can be combined with the plate bending element. The element provides an efficient tool for linear and nonlinear analysis of shells. The element stiffness matrix is obtained from pure deformations—elongations of edges. This approach is very suitable for nonlinear analysis, where the unbalanced forces can be obtained directly from elongations of edges.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 128 • Issue 4 • April 2002
Pages: 413 - 418
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jun 16, 2001
Accepted: Sep 27, 2001
Published online: Apr 1, 2002
Published in print: Apr 2002
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