Notation

Table 1.1: Table of symbols

$B$$^e$	Element strain-displacement matrix
$C$	Elastic constitutive matrix
$r$	Displacement vector
$r$$^e$	Element displacement vector
$\hat{\mbox{\boldmath $r$}}$	Global displacement vector
$K$	Stiffness matrix
$N_i^e$	Element shape function
$n$	Exterior unit normal vector
$\Gamma$	Domain boundary
$\Gamma_u$	Dirichlet boundary
$\Gamma_t$	Neumann boundary
$\delta_{ij}$	Kronecker symbol
$\varepsilon$	Infinitesimal deformation tensor
$\nu$	POisson's ratio
$\sigma$	Cauchy stress tensor