ISSN:
0029-5981
Keywords:
Engineering
;
Engineering General
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
,
Technology
Notes:
A new three-noded triangular element for plate bending is described. The element is based on an earlier stress-smoothed triangular element due to Razzaque,1 but extra internal ‘bubble’ functions are included to make it more flexible. The accuracy of the new element is compared with that of a number of other high-performance triangular elements. It is concluded that the present element and that due to Hansen, Bergan and Syvertsen2 are the two most accurate triangular thin plate elements currently available. The extra lines of FORTRAN required to convert Razzaque's shape function subroutine to that for the new element are given, thus making the new element easy to implement in any general-purpose finite element program.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.1620210109
