• Title of article

    The numerical analysis of FGM shells with enhanced finite elements

  • Author/Authors

    Kugler، نويسنده , , St. and Fotiu، نويسنده , , P.A. and Murin، نويسنده , , J.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2013
  • Pages
    16
  • From page
    920
  • To page
    935
  • Abstract
    Shell-like and beam 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 is coupled with 3D FGM beam elements and combined elastostatic beam-shell structures are analyzed. The results indicate high a effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed approach.
  • Keywords
    shell element , Effective elastic properties , Shear correction factor , Elastostatics of FGM beam–shell structures , Drilling degrees of freedom , Functionally graded materials
  • Journal title
    Engineering Structures
  • Serial Year
    2013
  • Journal title
    Engineering Structures
  • Record number

    1647834