Enhanced Shell Elements For The Numerical Simulation Of Industrial Processes

NEAMTU LAURENTIU; FLORES FERNANDO G.; WEILER RAFAEL; DUFFET GINO

Detroit

Conferencia; International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulation of 3D Sheet Metal; 2005

Michigan State University

This paper briefly describes a rotation-free three-node triangular shell elements enhanced formulation and some industrial processes applications where the robustness and accuracy of the element behaviour have been validated. The enhancedformulation is a n extension of the rotation free lamina elements (BST, EBST), used for the analysis of smooth surfaces, to the general study of complex ramified surfaces behaviour (profiles).