A 4-node quasi-conforming Reissner-Mindlin shell element by using Timoshenkos beam function

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-22

  Wang, Changsheng ^a   Hu, Ping ^a   Xia, Yang ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Assumed displacement; Flat shell; Quasi conforming; Timoshenkos beam

Indexed keywords

LOCKS (FASTENERS); SHEAR STRAIN; STIFFNESS MATRIX;

ASSUMED DISPLACEMENTS; DISPLACEMENT FUNCTION; DRILLING DEGREES OF FREEDOM; FLAT SHELL; QUADRILATERAL SHELL ELEMENT; QUASI-CONFORMING; SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM; TIMOSHENKOS BEAMS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

EID: 84863197981     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2012.06.003     Document Type: Review

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