Basic and Shape Sensitivity Tests for Membrane and Plate Bending Finite Elements |
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aspect ratio sensitivity BENDING MOMENT Body Mode Test BOUNDARY LOADINGS CHAPTER computed stresses Constant M Test corner node displacements Direct Stress East Kilbride eigenvalues eight-node quadrilateral elasticity solutions element completeness tests Equation EQUIVALENT FORCES false zero energy finite element analysis Finite Element Methods finite element model finite element results four-node h₁ h₂ Kirchhoff membrane continuum membrane element N/m² Nm/m nodal coordinates nodal forces Node 2 W2 Node 3 W3 Parallelogram patch test plate bending continuum plate bending elements quadrilateral and triangular QUADRILATERAL ELEMENTS quadrilateral region rad Node rectangular continuum Rigid Body Mode shape parameters SHAPE SENSITIVITY TESTS shear shear stress shown in Figure single element completeness single element tests six-node Skew angle SKEW SENSITIVITY specified displacements u₁ stress field stress resultants T₁ T₂ TAPER SENSITIVITY Test xy TESTS FOR MEMBRANES TESTS FOR PLATES three-node triangle TRIANGULAR ELEMENTS triangular region V₁ zero energy modes тху Աշ