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The hybrid displacement-function (HDF) method is a novel technique proposed recently for developing Mindlin-Reissner plate bending element. It is based on a modified variational functional of complementary energy expressed by displacementfunctions, from which the trial functions a priori satisfying all governing equations are derived out. The resulting element models can perform very well even in severely distorted mesh and can efficiently solve the difficulties caused by edge effect.

numerical methods