The Earthquake Engineering Online ArchiveA Triangular Element Based on Reissner-Mindlin Plate TheoryPapadopoulos, Panayiotis; Taylor, Robert L. UCB/SEMM-1989/19, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1989-08, 29 pages A new triangular plate bending element based on the Reissner-Mindlin theory is developed through a mixed formulation emanating from the Hu-Washizu variational principle. The element generally exhibits excellent behavior on a series of standard problems and tests. Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-89-19.pdf (11 MB) |
