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Mixed Formulations for Plate Bending Elements

Weissman, Shmuel L.; Taylor, Robert L.

UCB/SEMM-1990/13, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1990-07, 50 pages (500/C23/90/13)

Plate bending elements based upon the Reissner-Mindlin plate theory are formulated via the Hu-Washizu variational principle, including the Hellinger-Reissner functional as a special case.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-90-13.pdf (22 MB)