Towards non-standard numerical modeling of thin-shell structures: Geometrically linear formulation

International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 126-141

  Nascimbene, R ^a  

^a EUCENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Based Gauss interpolation; Finite element method; Shear and membrane locking; Thin shell structure; Three dimensional shell

Indexed keywords

LOCKS (FASTENERS); SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

GAUSS INTEGRATIONS; GAUSS INTERPOLATION; LINEAR FORMULATION; LOCKING PHENOMENON; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; SHEAR AND MEMBRANE LOCKING; SHELL FINITE ELEMENTS; THIN SHELL STRUCTURES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84896934494     PISSN: 15502287     EISSN: 15502295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15502287.2013.874058     Document Type: Article

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