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An explicit formulation for an efficient triangular plate‐bending element
Author(s) -
Batoz JeanLouis
Publication year - 1982
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.1620180711
Subject(s) - element (criminal law) , bending of plates , bending , stiffness matrix , degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) , structural engineering , finite element method , mathematics , stiffness , engineering , physics , law , quantum mechanics , political science
In this paper a new explicit expression of the stiffness matrix of the 9 degrees‐of‐freedom plate‐bending triangular element called DKT in Reference 1 is presented. Some additional interesting numerical results assessing the behaviour of this element are presented and discussed.