An improved quadrilateral shell element based on the Hu–Washizu functional

Autor: Werner Wagner, Friedrich Gruttmann
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-27 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2213-7467
DOI: 10.1186/s40323-020-00162-5
Popis: Abstract In this paper a robust and effective 4-node shell element for the structural analysis of thin structures is described. A Hu–Washizu functional with independent displacements, stress resultants and shell strains is the variational basis of the theory. Based on a previous paper an additional interpolation part using quadratic shape functions is introduced for the independent shell strains. Especially for unstructured meshes this leads to an improved convergence behavior. The expanded element formulation proves to be insensitive to mesh distortion. Another well-known feature of the mixed hybrid element is the robustness in nonlinear applications with large deformations.
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