The paper deals with two main advantages in the analysis of slender elastic structures both
achieved through the mixed (stress and displacement) format with respect to the more …

A corotational flat shell element for the geometrically nonlinear analysis of laminated
composite structures is presented. The element is obtained from the Hellinger–Reissner …

Summary The Koiter‐Newton method had recently demonstrated a superior performance for
nonlinear analyses of structures, compared to traditional path‐following strategies. The …

This paper revisits the buckling analysis of a benchmark cylindrical panel undergoing snap-
through when subjected to transverse loads. We show that previous studies either …

The Koiter method recovers the equilibrium path of an elastic structure using a reduced
model, obtained by means of a quadratic asymptotic expansion of the finite element model …

Variable-stiffness shells are curved composite structures in which the fibre-reinforcement
follow curvilinear paths in space. Having a wider design space than traditional composite …

A numerical stochastic strategy for optimising composite elastic shells undergoing buckling
is presented. Its scope is to search for the best stacking sequence that maximises the …

Abstract The Koiter–Newton approach is a reduced-basis method for nonlinear structural
analyses. The method combines Koiter's approach as a predictor step and the Newton arc …

Numerical formulations of the Koiter theory allow the efficient prediction, through a reduced
model, of the behavior of shell structures when failure is dominated by buckling. In this work …

A linear model for beams with compact or thin-walled sections and heterogeneous
anisotropic materials is presented. It is obtained by means of a Ritz–Galerkin approximation …