Fernando, Viraj Malsiri creator Usami, Tsutomu Chairperson Wireland, Martin Examination Committee Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai Examination Committee The Royal Norwegian Government Scholarship Donor text th Bangkok Asian Institute of Technology 1983 monographic eng

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vii, 57 p. In this study, a mixed curved beam finite element approach is used to derive the formulations for large displacement analysis of thin walled curved members. Newton-Raphson iteration technique with total Lagrangian approach is used to solve the equations which are obtained using the incremental form of the Reissner variational principle. Shear terms are neglected in the formulation. The fundamental unknowns consist of six internal forces and displacements which contribute seven degrees of freedom. The polynomial interpolation functions used in stress resultants are discontinuous while displacements are continuous at the inter element boundaries. Numerical examples are presented to show the validity of the solutions obtained by the mixed finite element method. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1983 Girders Finite element method Asian Institute of Technology. http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B20981 http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B20981 040898 20260818145230.0