An Improved Beam Element for Beams with Variable Axial Parameters

The traditional beam element was improved to consider the variable axial parameters. The variable axial parameters were formulated in terms of a power series, and the general forms of elementary mass and stiffness matrices which depend on the power order were derived. The mass and stiffness matrices...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peng He, Zhansheng Liu, Chun Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SAV-130771