A survey of recent shell finite elements

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 101-127

  Yang, Henry T Y ^a   Saigal, S ^b   Masud, A ^c   Kapania, R K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite shells; Degenerated shell elements; Enhanced strain formulation; Hourglass control; Shell finite element

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; INTEGRATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

HOURGLASS CONTROL; SHELL FINITE ELEMENTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0033908368     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(20000110/30)47:1/3<101::AID-NME763>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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358. Gallagher RH. The development and evaluation of matrix methods for thin shell structural analysis. Report No. 8500-902011, Bell Aerosystems, Buffalo, NY, 1966.
359. Gallagher RH, Gellatly RA, Padlog J, Mallett RH. A discrete element procedure for thin shell instability analysis. AIAA Journal 1967; 1:138-145.
360. Gallagher RH, Yang HTY. Elastic instability predictions for doubly-curved shells. Proceedings of Second Conference on Matrix Methods in Structural Mechanics, Dayton, OH, 1968.
361. Gallagher RH. Analysis of plate and shell structures. Proceedings of Conference on Applications of Finite Element Methods in Civil Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1969; 155-206.
362. Gallagher RH, Lien SY, Mau ST. Finite element plate and shell pre-and post-buckling analysis. Proceedings of Third Air Force Conference on Matrix Methods in Structural Mechanics, Dayton, OH, AFFDL TR71-160, 1971; 857-880.
363. Gallagher RH, Mau ST. Finite element procedure for nonlinear pre-buckling and initial post-buckling analysis. NASA CR-1936, 1972.
364. Gallagher RH, Mau ST. Finite element method in shell stability analysis. Computers and Structures 1973; 3:543-557.
365. Gallagher RH, Thomas GR. The finite element method in plate and shell instability analysis. Proceedings of fourth Australian Conference on Structures and Materials, Brisbane, 1973.
366. Gallagher RH. Finite element representations for thin shell instability analysis in buckling of structures. In Proceedings of IUTAM Symposium on Buckling of Structures, Budiansky B (ed.). 1974.
367. Gallagher RH, Mang H, Cedolin L, Schwinden W. Finite element instability analysis of hyperbolic cooling towers. 2nd ASCE/EMD Specialty Conference, North Carolina State University, 1977.
368. Gallagher RH, Loganathan K, Change SC, Abel JF. Finite element representation and pressure stiffness in shell stability analysis. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 1979; 14(9):1413-1420.
369. Gallagher RH, Mang HA. On the unsymmetric eigenproblem for the buckling of shells under pressure loading. Journal of Applied Mechanics 1983; 50:95-100.
370. Gallagher RH, Murthy S. Anisotropic cylindrical shell element based on Discrete Kirchhoff theory. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 1983; 19:1805-1823.
371. Gallagher RH, Thomas GR. A triangular thin shell finite element linear analysis. NASA Contractor Report, CR-2483, 1975.
372. Gallagher RH. A triangular element based on generalized potential energy. In Finite Elements for Thin Shells and Curved Members, Chapter 9. Gallagher R, Ashwell DG (eds). Wiley: New York, 1976.
373. Gallagher RH, Kanodia V, Mang H. Instability analysis of torispherical pressure vessel heads with triangular thin-shell finite elements. ASME Journal Pressure Vessels Technology, 1977.
374. Gallagher RH, Murthy S. A triangular thin shell element based on Discrete Kirchoff theory: Some patch test solution results. In Proceedings of International Conference on Finite Elements in Computational Mechanics, Kant T (ed.). Bombay, India, 1985.
375. Gallagher RH, Murthy S. A triangular thin shell element based on Discrete Kirchoff theory. Computational Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 1986; 54:197-222.
376. Gallagher RH, Murthy S. Patch test verification of a triangular thin shell element based on Discrete Kirchoff theory. Communications in Applied Numerical Methods 1987; 2:83-88.
377. Gallagher RH. Finite Element Fundamentals, Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1975.
378. Gallagher RH. Finite elements for thin shells and curved members. (Editor with D. Ashwell; author of two chapters) Wiley: New York, 1976.
379. Gallagher RH. Shell elements, Invited Feature Lecture First World Conference on Finite Elements in Structural Mechanics, Bournemouth, England, 1975.