... of assumed stress quasi-conforming method for the static and free vibration analysis of anisotropic and symmetric laminated plates. Design/methodology/approach Firstly, an initial stress approximation ruled by 17 parameters, which satisfies the equilibrium equations is derived to improve the performance...

...Changsheng Wang; Xiaoxiao Sun; Xiangkui Zhang; Ping Hu Purpose A higher-order Reissner-Mindlin plate element method is presented based on the framework of assumed stress quasi-conforming method and Hellinger-Reissner variational principle. A novel six-node triangular plate element is proposed...

... research topic, and many efforts have been made to develop new finite element models. This paper aims to propose two quasi-conforming membrane elements based on the assumed stress quasi-conforming method and fundamental analytical solutions to overcome the difficulties. Design/methodology/approach...