ShellAnisotropic

Contents 1 General Description 2 Element Formulation 3 Parameters 4 Test Example 5 See also

General Description

A triangular shell and membrane element for linear and nonlinear analysis of plates with large displacements and small deformations. This element has 6 degrees of freedom per node, 3 displacements and 3 rotations.

Element Formulation

This element is a combination of DKT Kirchhoff plate bending element and OPT membrane element associated with an anisotropic material.

Parameters

Input Label	Properties	Type
ShellAnisotropic	THICKNESS BODY_FORCE DENSITY MATRIX_A MATRIX_B MATRIX_D	Scalar Vector 3 Scalar Matrix 3x3 Matrix 3x3 Matrix 3x3

Test Example

See also

• Structural Application Elements