A geometrically nonlinear nine-node solid shell element formulation with reduced sensitivity to mesh distortion

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 339-349

  Lee, Keejoo ^a   Cho, Chahngmin ^b   Lee, Sung W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Agency for Defence Development   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Assumed strain formulation; Bubble function; Geometrically nonlinear; Solid shell element

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042349497     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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