Three-node triangular shell element using mixed formulation and its implementation by free mesh method

Computers and Structures

Volumn 83, Issue 25-26, 2005, Pages 2066-2076

  Yagawa, Genki ^a   Miyamura, Tomoshi ^b  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flat facet shell element; Free mesh method; Meshless method; Mixed method; Shell analysis; Three node triangular shell element

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FLAT-FACET SHELL ELEMENTS; FREE MESH METHODS; MESHLESS METHODS; MIXED METHODS; SHELL ANALYSIS; THREE-NODE TRIANGULAR SHELL ELEMENTS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 23144451641     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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