A mixed solid-shell element for the analysis of laminated composites

finite-elements; reduced integration; natural strain formulation; multiple integration points; shells; nonlinear analyses; variational justification; isoparametric element; multiplayer composites; LIMARC

Disciplines :

Materials science & engineering

Author, co-author :

Rah, Kamran; Uniersité de gent > Matérials Science and Engineering

Paepegem, Wim; Univeristé de Gent > Mechanics of materials and Structures

Habraken, Anne ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Département ArGEnCo

Degrieck, Joris; Univeristé de Gent > Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Language :

English

Title :

A mixed solid-shell element for the analysis of laminated composites

Publication date :

March 2012

Journal title :

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

ISSN :

0029-5981

eISSN :

1097-0207

Publisher :

John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, United States - New Jersey

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

805-828

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-2062196

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