A review is made on the different methods used for the estimation of transverse/interlaminar
stresses in laminated composite plates and shells. Both analytical and numerical methods …

A critical assessment of the 4‐node assumed strain element as proposed by Dvorkin and
Bathe is made. The element performed excellently in all investigated shell problems which …

A phantom-node method is developed for three-node shell elements to describe cracks. This
method can treat arbitrary cracks independently of the mesh. The crack may cut elements …

Two mixed‐interpolated general shell finite elements for non‐linear analysis‐a 9‐node
element and a 16‐node element‐are presented. The elements are based on the Mixed …

For the evaluation of the imperfection-sensitivity of elastic and elastic-plastic shells a fully
nonlinear finite-element-method has been developed that directly gives the …

A nonlinear shell theory, including transverse strains perpendicular to the shell midsurface,
as well as transverse shear strains, with exact description of the kinematical fields, is …

In this paper we discuss and compare three types of 4-node and 9-node finite elements for a
recently formulated finite deformation shell theory with seven degrees of freedom. The shell …

A survey of effective finite element formulations for the analysis of shell structures is
presented. First, the basic requirements for shell elements are discussed, in which it is …

A non‐linear shell theory, including transverse shear strains, with exact description of the
kinematical fields is developed. The strain measures are derived via the polar …

This is the second article in a three-part series on the construction of 3-node, 9-dof
membrane elements with normal-to-its-plane rotational freedoms (the so-called drilling …