Displacement and stress convergence of our MITC plate bending elements

Abstract

We briefly summarize the theoretical formulations of our MITC plate bending elements and then present numerical convergence results. The elements are based on Reissner‐Mindlin plate theory and a mixed‐interpolation of the transverse displacement, section rotations and transverse shear strain components. We consider our 4, 9 and 16‐node quadrilateral elements and our 7 and 12‐node triangular elements. The theoretical and numerical results indicate the high reliability and effectiveness of our elements.

Citation

Bathe, K., Luiz Bucalem, M. and Brezzi, F. (1990), "Displacement and stress convergence of our MITC plate bending elements", Engineering Computations, Vol. 7 No. 4, pp. 291-302. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023816