SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Nov., 1998 - Jan., 1999), pp. 32-73 (42 pages) We consider the design of finite element methods for the Naghdi shell model in the case when the ...

Multibody dynamics and finite element analysis jointly form a robust framework for simulating the complex interplay between rigid and flexible bodies. This interdisciplinary approach allows ...

The stress-displacement-pressure formulation of the elasticity problem may suffer from two types of numerical instabilities related to the finite element interpolation of the unknowns. The first is ...

Professor of Mechanics, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. It's easy to construct finite-element models with errors. And it's just as easy to correct them, when you know how. The first step in a ...