The mathematical shell model underlying general shell elements

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 289-313

  Chapelle, Dominique ^a   Bathe, Klaus Jürgen ^b  

^a INRIA ROCQUENCOURT   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic behaviour; Degenerated solid; Finite element discretization; Shell model

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THEOREM PROVING;

DEGENERATED SOLIDS; NAGHDI MODELS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 0034186941     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(20000520)48:2<289::AID-NME897>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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