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Refined Finite Element Analysis of Elastic Plastic Thin Shells of Revolution

Sharifi, Parviz; Popov, Egor P.

UCB/SESM-1969/28, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1969-09-01, 110 pages (500/C23/69/28)

A refined, axisymetric curved finite element for the analysis of thin plastic shells of revolution is described. Complete listing of a modified (and older) FORTRAN IV program is provided and two limited analysis applications are presented.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-69-28.pdf (4 MB)