Accurate, efficient, and robust Q4-like membrane elements formulated in Cartesian coordinates using the quasi-conforming element technique

DOI10.1155/2015/198390zbMath1394.74095OpenAlexW1537123233WikidataQ59117578 ScholiaQ59117578MaRDI QIDQ1664966

X. Wang, Y. Liu, Guangyu Shi

Publication date: 27 August 2018

Published in: Mathematical Problems in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/198390

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Membranes (74K15)

Related Items (2)

4-node unsymmetric quadrilateral membrane element with drilling DOFs insensitive to severe mesh-distortion ⋮ 8-node unsymmetric distortion-immune element based on Airy stress solutions for plane orthotropic problems

Uses Software

• LS-DYNA

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