The Earthquake Engineering Online ArchiveA Simple and Efficient Finite Element for General Shell AnalysisKanok-Nukulchai, Worsak UCB/SESM-1978/01, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1978-01, 45 pages A simple, efficient and versatile finite element is introduced for shell applications. Several examples are tested and numerical results indicate that the shell element performs accurately for both thick and thin shells. Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-78-01.pdf (4 MB) |
