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Locking-free Thick-Thin Rod/Beam Element for Large Deformation Analyses of Space-Frame Structures, Based on the Reissner Variational Principle and A Von Karman Type Nonlinear Theory

Y.C. Cai^1,2, J.K. Paik³, S.N. Atluri⁴

1 Key Laboratory of Geotechnical and Underground Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, P.R.China. E-mail: yc_cai@163.net
2 Key Laboratory for the Exploitation of Southwest Resources and Environmental Disaster Control Engineering, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P.R. China
3 The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust (The LRET) Research Center of Excellence, Pusan National University, Korea
4 Center for Aerospace Research & Education, University of California, Irvine