...B. Bouhafs; K. Woznica; P. Klosowski In this paper, the problem of the elasto‐viscoplastic dynamic and thermal behaviour of geometrically non‐linear plates and shells is studied under the assumption of small strains and large rotations. The first‐order shear deformation shell theory...

...E. Oñate; P. Cendoya; J. Miquel The paper describes the application of the simple rotation‐free basic shell triangle (BST) to the non‐linear analysis of shell structures using an explicit dynamic formulation. The derivation of the BST element involving translational degrees of freedom only using...

... more than 1330 references to papers, conference proceedings and theses/dissertations dealing with the analysis of beams, columns, rods, bars, cables, discs, blades, shafts, membranes, plates and shells that were published in 1999–2002. During last three decades considerable advances have been made...

...M.A. Crisfield; D. Tan Describes two low‐order shell elements, one (quadrilateral) with 16 degrees‐of‐freedom; twelve translations and four rotations and another (triangular) with 12 degrees‐of‐freedom; nine translations and three rotations. The elements are formulated in a geometrically non‐linear...

...‐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...

... references to papers, conference proceedings and theses/dissertations dealing with the analysis of beams, columns, rods, bars, cables, discs, blades, shafts, membranes, plates and shells that were published in 1996‐1999. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Finite element analysis Bibliographies Analytical...

...A. Dutta; C.V. Ramakrishnan Design sensitivities of plates and shells under transient dynamic loads with constraints on displacements and stresses are likely to be highly erroneous if proper care is not taken in selecting appropriate finite element mesh and time step size to be used in the analysis...

... shape. In this paper a new simple triangular shell element with constant membrane and bending strains is presented using discrete Kirchhoff constraints. The expressions of the internal force vector and logarithmic strains through the thickness are derived. Two applications are considered to discuss...