Numerical analysis of curved C1-finite element methods: applications to thin-plate and thin-shell problems

Michel J. M. Bernadou

doi:10.1117/12.148430

22 July 1993 Numerical analysis of curved C1-finite element methods: applications to thin-plate and thin-shell problems

Michel J. M. Bernadou

Proceedings Volume 1919, Smart Structures and Materials 1993: Mathematics in Smart Structures; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148430
Event: 1993 North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, 1993, Albuquerque, NM, United States

Abstract

Thin plate and thin shell problems are generally set on plane reference domains with a curved boundary. Their approximation by conforming finite element methods requires C¹- curved finite elements entirely compatible with the associated C¹-rectilinear finite elements. In this contribution, we introduce a C¹-curved finite element compatible with the P₅-Argyris element, we study its approximation properties, and then, we use such an element to approximate the solution of thin plate or thin shell problems set on a plane curved boundary domain. Finally, we discuss the use of such C¹-curved elements to approximate junctions between thin shells.

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Michel J. M. Bernadou "Numerical analysis of curved C1-finite element methods: applications to thin-plate and thin-shell problems", Proc. SPIE 1919, Smart Structures and Materials 1993: Mathematics in Smart Structures, (22 July 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148430

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