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Nonlinear finite elements

Submitted by Yun Zhou on

How to use the hybrid/mixed method to solve geometrical nonlinear problems?

It seems the the difficulties are how to choos strss(Cauchy, Lagrange or Kirchhoff ) and the corresponding expression of energy functional. When the large deformation is considered, the equilibrium equation is coupled with the displacements and the complementary energy is different with linear problems.