A 24 d.o.f. four‐node flat shell finite element for general unsymmetric orthotropic layered composites

DOI10.1108/02644409810219794zbMath0962.74536OpenAlexW2020082307MaRDI QIDQ4241325

Albert A. Groenwold, Nielen Stander

Publication date: 20 July 1999

Published in: Engineering Computations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/02644409810219794

zbMATH Keywords

shellmembraneorthotropydrilling degrees of freedommoderately thick platefour-node flat shell finite elementmodified five-point quadratureout-of-plane warp

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Composite and mixture properties (74E30) Shells (74K25) Membranes (74K15)

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