A modified non-linear member element allowing large loading and displacement increments

✍ Scribed by Zhang, Qi-Lin ;Peil, Udo

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 265 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1069-8299
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0887(199604)12:4<235::aid-cnm971>3.0.co;2-y

✦ Synopsis

In the paper a modified non-linear member element is derived which can lead to satisfactory computed results even for large loading and displacement increments from pre-instability to post-instability of structures. The high accuracy of this element is proved by numerical examples.