Curved shell elements based on hierarchicalp-approximation in the thickness direction for linear static analysis of laminated composites

DOI10.1002/nme.1620290703zbMath0731.73081OpenAlexW2134228235MaRDI QIDQ3358403

Robert M. Sorem, Karan S. Surana

Publication date: 1990

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.1620290703

zbMATH Keywords

Lagrange interpolating polynomialselement displacement approximationorthotropic material behaviouradditional nodal variablesC(sub 0)-continuityhierarchical propertysmoothness of displacements across the interelement boundaries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Plates (74K20) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Composite and mixture properties (74E30) Membranes (74K15)

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