Geometrically nonlinear analysis of plane trusses and plane frames

<p>The results of this work are the closed-form expressions for the tangent and secant stiffness matrices of the 3-node Mindlin frame element. From the study of two solution methods and the behavior of the three elements, several conclusions have been made as follows:</p> <a>1. Bec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Madutujuh, Nathan
Other Authors: Civil Engineering
Format: Dissertation
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40785
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01262010-020134/