Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to present a family of 3D-shell elements obtained assuming quadratic kinematics through the thickness, with a particular emphasis on the numerical locking phenomenon. Classical remedies - namely mixed interpolations - are used to avoid membrane and shear locking and we focus on the pinching locking which is specific to shell models with high order kinematics. A mixed interpolation scheme based on the interpolation of the pinching strain at the nodes is used and the efficiency of this strategy is assessed through numerical tests.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics 2003 |
| Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
| Pages | 181-184 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780080529479 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780080440460 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2 Jun 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Finite element discretization
- Numerical locking
- Shell models