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The concept of fictitious loading
Author(s) -
Salonen EM.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1097-0207
pISSN - 0029-5981
DOI - 10.1002/nme.1620141107
Subject(s) - virtual work , finite element method , displacement (psychology) , conjunction (astronomy) , work (physics) , mathematics , computer science , calculus (dental) , structural engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , psychology , medicine , dentistry , astronomy , psychotherapist
The concept of fictitious external loading being in exact equilibrium with the internal stresses in a structure is introduced. It is employed in conjunction with the principle of virtual work in an effort to examine certain details of the finite element displacement method in an alternative way.