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2D plane/axisymmetric solid element (type 3 - elastic or elastic-perfectly-plastic) for the ANSR-II program

Mondkar, Digambar P.; Powell, Graham H.

UCB/EERC-80/14, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, 1980-07, 43 pages (555.6/M642/1980/2P)

This report describes a two-dimensional nonlinear finite element developed for the ANSR-II computer program. The report contains a description of the element characteristics, the theoretical formulation, and a computer program user's guide.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/EERC/EERC-80-14.pdf (749 KB)