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A rotation free formulation for static and free vibration analysis of thin beams using gradient smoothing technique

X.Y. Cui^1,2, G. R. Liu^2,3, G. Y. Li^1,4, G. Zheng¹

1 State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China
2 Centre for Advanced Computations in Engineering Science (ACES), Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, 117576 Singapore
3 Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA), E4-04-10, 4 Engineering Drive 3, 117576, Singapore
4 Corresponding author. Tel: 86-731-8821717; Fax: 86-731-8822051; Email: gyli@hnu.cn