...‐called solid‐shell elements for thin‐walled structures is also discussed. Finite elements Shells Elastic‐viscoplastic model Deformation Integration It is a well‐known fact, that the three‐dimensional standard linear eight‐node displacement element (here denoted as Q1) exhibits severe...

... > σ0: this case can never occur where σ0 denotes the yield stress. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Elastic‐viscoplastic model Finite element method Multimaterials Remeshing Most materials are heterogeneous in nature. They may consist of several different chemical phases...