Analysis of a rotation-free 4-node shell element

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1483-1510

  Brunet, Michel ^a   Sabourin, Françis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Area co ordinates; Quadrilateral element; Rotation free; Sheet metal forming; Shell element; Triangular element

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPOLATION; METAL FORMING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SHEET METAL; STIFFNESS;

QUARILATERAL-ELEMENT; ROTATION-FREE; SHEET-METAL FORMING; SHELL-ELEMENT; TRIANGULAR-ELEMENT;

SHELL MOLD CASTING;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPOLATION; METAL FORMING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SHEET METAL; SHELL MOLD CASTING; STIFFNESS;

EID: 33744536560     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1608     Document Type: Article

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