A triangular six-node shell element

Computers and Structures

Volumn 87, Issue 23-24, 2009, Pages 1451-1460

  Kim, Do Nyun ^a   Bathe, Klaus Jürgen ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element; MITC method; Shells; Six node element; Spatial isotropy; Triangular element

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT; MITC METHOD; SHELLS; SIX-NODE ELEMENT; SPATIAL ISOTROPY; TRIANGULAR ELEMENT;

BENDING TESTS; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 70349990157     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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