A Mathematical Discussion of Corotational Finite Element Modeling

This thesis discusses the mathematics of the Element Independent Corotational (EICR) Method and the more general Unified Small-Strain Corotational Formulation. The former was developed by Rankin, Brogan and Nour-Omid [106]. The latter, created by Felippa and Haugen [49], provides a theoretical frame...

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Main Author: CRAIGHEAD, John Wesley
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
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Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6346