A discontinuous Galerkin formulation of non-linear Kirchhoff-Love shells

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-323

  Noels, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Discontinuous Galerkin method; Finite deformations; Kirchhoff Love shell; Non linear elasticity

Indexed keywords

BENDING RESPONSE; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN FORMULATIONS; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHOD; DISPLACEMENT FIELDS; FIELD DERIVATIVES; FIELD METHODS; FINITE DEFORMATIONS; HIGH-ORDER DERIVATIVES; INTERNAL FORCES; KIRCHHOFF-LOVE SHELL; LINEAR FORMULATIONS; MEMBRANE STRESS; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEAR DEFORMATIONS; NON-LINEAR ELASTIC BEHAVIORS; NON-LINEAR ELASTICITY; SHELL THICKNESS; STRESS TENSORS;

DEFORMATION; DERIVATIVES; ELASTICITY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRESS ANALYSIS;

GALERKIN METHODS;

EID: 64049093240     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2489     Document Type: Article

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