A Comparative Study of Least-Squares and the Weak-Form Galerkin Finite Element Models for the Nonlinear Analysis of Timoshenko Beams

Subject Areas : Engineering

W Kim ¹ , J.N Reddy ²

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Army Academy at Yeong cheon, Yeong cheon, 770-849 South Korea
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station

Received: 2010-06-19 Accepted : 2010-07-17 Published : 2010-06-30

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