The paper describes how the finite element method and the finite volume method can be
successfully combined to derive two new families of thin plate and shell triangles with …

This paper is concerned with formulations of finite element models for beams, arches, plates
and shells based on the principle of virtual work. The focus is on computer implementation of …

A cell-based smoothed discrete shear gap method (CS-DSG3) for static and free vibration
analyses of Reissner–Mindlin shells is formulated by combining the cell-based strain …

A very simple way to obtain a quadrilateral shell element is to write membrane and bending
stiffness matrices for a flat geometry and add them. This basic membrane-plus-bending …

Multiphysics Modeling: Numerical Methods and Engineering Applications: Tsinghua
University Press Computational Mechanics Series describes the basic principles and …

This paper presents a state of the art review on geometrically nonlinear analysis of shell
structures that is limited to the co-rotational approach and to flat triangular shell finite …

SUMMARY A simple finite element triangle for thin shell analysis is presented. It has only
nine translational degrees of freedom and is based on a total Lagrangian formulation. Large …

The open-source finite element software, OpenSees, is widely used in the earthquake
engineering community. However, the shell elements and explicit algorithm in OpenSees …

A three‐node triangular shell element having six dof per node can be economically
generated as a flat element that combines well‐known formulations for membrane stiffness …

A simple and effective linear C0‐triangular element for plates and shells is developed on the
basis of the Hellinger‐Reissner mixed variational principle with independently assumed …