A new one-point quadrature enhanced assumed strain (EAS) solid-shell element with multiple integration points along thickness: Part I - Geometrically linear applications

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 952-977

  Alves de Sousa, Ricardo J ^a   Cardoso, Rui P R ^a   Fontes Valente, Robertt A ^a,b   Yoon, Jeong Whan ^a,c   Grácio, José J ^a   Natal Jorge, Renato M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced assumed strain; Finite element method; Physical stabilization; Reduced integration; Solid shell; Thin shell structure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STABILIZATION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ENHANCED ASSUMED STRAIN (EAS); SOLID SHELL FINITE ELEMENTS; TRANSVERSE SHEAR; VOLUMETRIC LOCKING PHENOMENA;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRAIN;

EID: 14344262116     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1226     Document Type: Article

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