An improved discrete Kirchhoff quadrilateral thin-plate bending element

DOI10.1002/nme.1620240312zbMath0602.73074OpenAlexW2164269667MaRDI QIDQ3738695

J. Kirkhope, C. Jeyachandrabose, L. Meekisho

Publication date: 1987

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.1620240312

zbMATH Keywords

discrete Kirchhoff theoryleast-squares smoothed shape functionsquadrilateral thin-plate bending element

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Plates (74K20) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05)

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