A simple plate/shell triangle

✍ Scribed by G. Prathap

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 403 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0029-5981
• DOI: 10.1002/nme.1620210613

✦ Synopsis

A simple shear flexible triangular plate/shell element with three/five displacement degrees-of-freedom at the three corner nodes only, is identified. It does not lock or have zero-energy mechanisms. The specific geometrical configurations in which this is possible are derived through field consistency patch tests.