An isogeometric solid-like shell element for nonlinear analysis

Hosseini, S., Remmers, J. J.C., Verhoosel, C. V. and De Borst, R. (2013) An isogeometric solid-like shell element for nonlinear analysis. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 95(3), pp. 238-256. (doi: 10.1002/nme.4505)

Abstract

An isogeometric solid-like shell formulation is proposed in which B-spline basis functions are used to construct the mid-surface of the shell. In combination with a linear Lagrange shape function in the thickness direction, this yields a complete three-dimensional representation of the shell. The proposed shell element is implemented in a standard finite element code using Bézier extraction. The formulation is verified using different benchmark tests.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: De Borst, Professor Rene
• Authors: Hosseini, S., Remmers, J. J.C., Verhoosel, C. V., and De Borst, R.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Infrastructure and Environment
• Journal Name: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
• ISSN: 0029-5981
• ISSN (Online): 1097-0207