The four-node C0 shell element reformulated

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 2417-2455

  Briassoulis, D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Shell shell elements; Warped configuration

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

C PLATE BENDING; FINITE SHELL ELEMENT MODEL; FOUR NODE C SHELL ELEMENT; IN PLANE TWISTING STIFFNESS; MEMBRANE STRAIN COMPONENTS; MOMENT REDISTRIBUTION MECHANISM; TRANSVERSE SHEAR MEMBRANE STRAIN ENERGY; WARPED CONFIGURATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0030193453     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19960730)39:14<2417::AID-NME959>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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