A systematic development of 'solid-shell' element formulations for linear and non-linear analyses employing only displacement degrees of freedom

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-69

  Hauptmann, R ^a   Schweizerhof, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Element technology; Geometrically non linear finite element analysis; Linear finite element analysis; Shell elements

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

DEGENERATED SHELL CONCEPT; SOLID SHELL CONCEPT;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032070799     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980515)42:1<49::AID-NME349>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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