8- and 12-node plane hybrid stress-function elements immune to severely distorted mesh containing elements with concave shapes

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2011.04.014zbMath1230.74173MaRDI QIDQ660213

Song Cen, Ming-Jue Zhou, Xiang-Rong Fu

Publication date: 1 February 2012

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2011.04.014

zbMATH Keywords

finite element; stress function; fundamental analytical solutions; hybrid stress-function (HS-F) element; severely distorted mesh; the principle of minimum complementary energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74S05: Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics

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Uses Software

• ABAQUS

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