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Two special purpose programa will be presented here, one for plate bending analysis and the other for in-plane analysis of plates. Main characteristics for both programs are minimization of the time required for preparation of input data and for interpretation of the calculated results.
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Bolteus, L. (1982). PREFEM and SERFEM — Special Purpose Programs for Elastic Plate Bending and In-Plane Analysis of Plates. In: Brebbia, C.A. (eds) Finite Element Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07229-5_23
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