A four-noded thin-plate bending element using shear constraints - A modified version of Lyons' element
DOI10.1016/0045-7825(83)90031-2zbMath0515.73069MaRDI QIDQ1052148
Publication date: 1983
Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-7825(83)90031-2
numerical examples; patch test; Fortran subroutines; constraints derived in explicit algebraic form; four-noded thin-plate bending element; general quadrilateral; generation of element stiffness matrix; results identical for rectangles and parallelograms
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74S05: Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics
74S99: Numerical and other methods in solid mechanics
74-04: Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to mechanics of deformable solids