The treatment of shell normals in finite element analysis

DOI10.1016/S0168-874X(98)00035-3zbMath0921.73246MaRDI QIDQ1274911

Charles T. Wilson, Robert L. Harder, Richard H. MacNeal, Claus C. Hoff

Publication date: 12 January 1999

Published in: Finite Elements in Analysis and Design (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

shell elementsMSC/NASTRANQUAD4\(P\) elementsnon-equilibrium of twisting moments

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Membranes (74K15)

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