Perspective on finite elements for shell analysis

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-186

  MacNeal, Richard H ^a  

^a MSC SOFTWARE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Assumed strain method; Finite element history; Kirchhoff elements; Membrane locking; Mindlin elements; MSC NASTRAN; NASTRAN; Plate elements; Reduced integration; Shear locking; Shell elements; Transverse shear; Transverse shear locking

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); INTEGRATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ASSUMED STRAIN METHODS; KIRCHHOFF ELEMENTS; MEMBRANE LOCKING; MINDLIN ELEMENTS; TRANSVERSE SHEAR LOCKING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0032141736     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(98)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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