A one point integrated assumed strain 4‐node Mindlin plate element
Abstract
The 4‐node assumed strain elements are among the best elements available today but the bending moments at their full integration points oscillate severely. This paper presents a one point integrated version of the 4‐node assumed strain plate element of Bathe‐Dvorkin. A Taylor series expansion approach is used to accommodate the linear variation of strains/stresses within the element and hence to stabilize the spurious zero energy modes. An extensive number of benchmark results are presented and compared.
Citation
Kebari, H. (1990), "A one point integrated assumed strain 4‐node Mindlin plate element", Engineering Computations, Vol. 7 No. 4, pp. 284-290. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023815
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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