A Universal Quadrilateral Shell Element for the Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation
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DOI: 10.1115/1.4062630
Abstract: A simple quadrilateral shell element is proposed in this work to study large deformations and large rotations of membrane/plate/shell structures. There are three merit characters in this element: locking-free; immune to mesh distortions; and robust… read more here.
Keywords: element absolute; universal quadrilateral; shell element; quadrilateral shell ... See more keywords
A Universal and Efficient Quadrilateral Shell Element Based on Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation for Thin Shell Structures with Complex Surfaces
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DOI: 10.1115/1.4066179
Abstract: This work proposes a new quadrilateral shell element to analyze large deformations or rotations of membrane or shell structures. The element is an improvement of the previously proposed gradient deficient quadrilateral elements. The proposed element… read more here.
Keywords: shell; element; universal efficient; quadrilateral shell ... See more keywords
An Energy–Momentum Conserving Algorithm for Co-Rotational Quadrilateral Shell Elements in Nonlinear Multibody Dynamics
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DOI: 10.3390/app15137153
Abstract: A new computational framework for nonlinear dynamic analysis of smooth shell structures is presented in this paper. The new framework is based on Simo & Tarnow’s energy–momentum conservation algorithm. A novel co-rotational nine-node quadrilateral shell… read more here.
Keywords: shell; energy momentum; energy; quadrilateral shell ... See more keywords