An efficient co-rotational formulation for curved triangular shell element

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1029-1062

  Li, Zhongxue ^a   Vu Quoc, Loc ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assumed strain; Co rotational framework; Curved triangular shell element; Large rotation; Symmetric tangent stiffness matrix; Vectorial rotational variable

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STIFFNESS MATRIX; TENSORS; VECTORS;

CO-ROTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; CURVED TRIANGULAR SHELL ELEMENT; RIGID-BODY TRANSLATIONS; SHEAR LOCKING; VECTORIAL ROTATIONAL VARIABLE;

STRAIN ENERGY;

INTERPOLATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN ENERGY; TENSORS; VECTORS;

EID: 36148933825     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2064     Document Type: Article

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