In this paper a four-node quadrilateral finite element for the analysis of smooth thin shells is presented. The main feature of the element, an extension of previous developments in triangles, is that the translational displacements of the middle surface are the only degrees of freedom. The membrane
A rotation-free quadrilateral thin shell subdivision finite element
β Scribed by Green, Seth ;Turkiyyah, George M.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 506 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1069-8299
- DOI
- 10.1002/cnm.791
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