A robust non-linear mixed hybrid quadrilateral shell element

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 635-666

  Wagner, W ^a   Gruttmann, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hu Washizu variational principle; Large load steps; Quadrilateral shell element; Reissner Mindlin shell theory; Shell intersections

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERPOLATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTATIONAL SHELL ANALYSIS; HU-WASHIZU VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLE; KIRCHOFF-LOVE THEORY; LARGE LOAD STEPS; NON-LINEAR MIXED HYBRID QUADRILATERAL SHELL ELEMENT; REISSNER-MINDLIN SHELL THEORY; SHELL INTERSECTIONS; STRESS RESULTANT THEORY;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

SHELL;

EID: 26044450364     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1387     Document Type: Article

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