Corrigendum to “An enriched shell element formulation for efficient modeling of multiple delamination propagation in laminates” [Compos Struct 2015;126:196–206]

2015 ◽  
Vol 132 ◽  
pp. 1303
Author(s):  
Jim Brouzoulis ◽  
Martin Fagerström
2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 1550004 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. V. Swamy Naidu ◽  
B. Sateesh

The development of a new four node 24 degree of freedom bilinear degenerated shell element is presented for the analysis of shell structures. The present finite element formulation considers the assumed covariant transverse shear strains to avoid the shear locking problem and the assumed covariant membrane strains, which are separated from covariant in-plane strains, to overcome the membrane locking problem. The formulation also includes the deviation of the normal torsional rotation of the mid surface in the governing equation. This element is free from serious shear and membrane locking problems and undesirable spurious kinematic deformation modes. The element is tested for rigid body modes and distorted edges to meet the patch test requirements. The versatility and accuracy of this new degenerated shell element is demonstrated by solving several numerical examples for thick and thin plates.


1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chahngmin Cho ◽  
Brian Kemp ◽  
Sung Lee ◽  
Chahngmin Cho ◽  
Brian Kemp ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 103319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pasquale Franciosa ◽  
Arnab Palit ◽  
Salvatore Gerbino ◽  
Darek Ceglarek

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (05) ◽  
pp. 1850065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Q. Tang ◽  
Y. P. Liu ◽  
S. L. Chan

Proposed herein is a novel pure deformational method for triangular shell elements that can decrease the element quantities and simplify the element formulation. This approach has computational advantages over the conventional finite element method for linear and nonlinear problems. In the element level, this method saves time for computing stresses, internal forces and stiffness matrices. A flat shell element is formed by a membrane element and a plate element, so that the pure deformational membrane and plate elements are derived and discussed separately in this paper. Also, it is very convenient to incorporate the proposed pure deformational method into the element-independent co-rotational (EICR) framework for geometrically nonlinear analysis. Thus, on the basis of the pure deformational method, a novel EICR formulation is proposed which is simpler and has more clear physical characteristics than the traditional formulation. In addition, a triangular membrane element with drilling rotations and the discrete Kirchhoff triangular plate element are used to verify the proposed pure deformational method, although several benchmark problems are employed to verify the robustness and accuracy of the proposed EICR formulations.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (08) ◽  
pp. 1750084 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Biswal ◽  
S. K. Sahu ◽  
A. V. Asha

The dynamic stability of bidirectional woven fiber laminated glass/epoxy composite shallow shells subjected to harmonic in-plane loading in hygrothermal environment is considered. An eight-noded isoparametric shell element with five degrees of freedom is used in the analysis. In the present finite element formulation, a composite doubly curved shell model based on first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) is used for the dynamic stability analysis of shell panels subjected to hygrothermal loading. A program is developed using MATLAB for the parametric study on the dynamic stability of shell panels under the hygrothermal field. The effects of various parameters like static load factor, curvature, shallowness, temperature, moisture, stacking sequence and boundary conditions on the dynamic instability regions of woven fiber glass/epoxy shell panels are investigated. The location of dynamic instability regions is shown to affect significantly due to presence of the hygrothermal field.


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