Corotational non-linear analysis of thin plates and shells using a new shell element

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 859-885

  Khosravi, Peyman ^a   Ganesan, Rajamohan ^a   Sedaghati, Ramin ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite laminates; Corotational method; Finite elements; Non linear analysis; Plates and shells; Thin walled structures

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STIFFNESS MATRIX;

COROTATIONAL METHOD; NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS; THIN-WALLED STRUCTURES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STIFFNESS MATRIX;

EID: 33846272111     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1791     Document Type: Article

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