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A Class of Simple and Efficient Degenerated Shell Elements

Vu-Quoc, Loc; Mora, Jesus A.

UCB/SEMM-1987/05, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1987-07, 97 pages

Presents results obtained for a class of degenerated shell elements formulated in convected (curvilinear) coordinates. Each node has five degrees of freedom with displacements expressed in the global cartesian system and allowing treatment of general boundary conditions.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-87-05.pdf (3 MB)