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== 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. 

== Parameters ==

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!Input Label
!Properties
!Type
|-style="background:#F1FAFF;"
| ShellIsotropic
| YOUNG_MODULUS
POISSON_RATIO

THICKNESS

BODY_FORCE

DENSITY
|
Scalar

Scalar

Scalar

Vector 3

Scalar
|}

== Test Example ==


== See also ==
* [[Structural Application Elements]]