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A linear quadrilateral shell element for laminated composites

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The concentration of the present investigation is on the development of a quadrilateral shell element for the deformation analysis of composite laminates. For this purpose, a higher-order shell model with 12 parameters is adopted along with the three-dimensional state of stress. The principle of virtual work is implemented to derive the stiffness matrix and the load vector for the four-node shell element. In order to verify the performance of the higher-order shell element developed herein for the treatment of laminated composites, some benchmarks are solved and compared with solutions available in the literature.

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Beheshti, A., Ansari, R. A linear quadrilateral shell element for laminated composites. Int J Mech Mater Des 19, 187–206 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10999-022-09624-7

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