Bending of Laminated Anisotropic Shells by a Shear Deformable Finite Element.

Abstract

A shear element is developed based on generalized first approximation shell theories. Numerical results are presented for bending of layered, anisotropic, Composite shells. Various shell theories (e.g., Sander' s Love's, Donnell's, etc.) are included. as special cases of the present element, and can be obtained by specifying the values of tracers. The finite element solutions are compared with the exact solutions for certain shell problems. The agreement is found to be very good. (AN)

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA305645

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