Review Article

Displacement Field Approximations for Force-Based Elements in Large Displacement Analyses

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(a) Global coordinate system and degrees of freedom for a planar undeformed curved element. (b) Local adopted coordinate system without rigid body modes in element deformed state. (c) Force vector components on a sample section.
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