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Enhanced functionally graded material shell finite elements
Author(s) -
Kugler S.,
Fotiu P.A.,
Murin J.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
zamm ‐ journal of applied mathematics and mechanics / zeitschrift für angewandte mathematik und mechanik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.449
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1521-4001
pISSN - 0044-2267
DOI - 10.1002/zamm.201200183
Subject(s) - shell (structure) , finite element method , functionally graded material , materials science , node (physics) , structural engineering , rotation (mathematics) , material properties , degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) , beam (structure) , composite material , geometry , mathematics , physics , engineering , quantum mechanics
Structures made of Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs) show a gradual variation of material properties in one, two, or three directions. In this paper, an efficient low‐order shell element with six nodal degrees of freedom (including the drill rotation) is presented, supplemented with a proper method for calculating effective elastic properties. This new FGM shell element can be coupled with 3D FGM beam elements on a single node. The numerical results indicate high effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed approach.