Direct coupling of continuum and shell elements in large deformation problems

A Pechstein, M Neunteufel - arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.05251, 2025 - arxiv.org
In many applications, thin shell-like structures are integrated within or attached to volumetric
bodies. This includes reinforcements placed in soft matrix material in lightweight structure …

[PDF][PDF] Intrinsic mixed-dimensional elastic couplings via enriched continua

A Sky, JS Hale, A Zilian, SPA Bordas, P Neff - researchgate.net
• Structural parts in engineering practices often entail large and small components, for
example in sandwich structures• Computing the design as a single continuum may prove …