Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volume 37, Number 2, 2011, pages 253-256

DOI: 10.12989/sem.2011.37.2.253

New prismatic solid-shell element: assumed strain formulation and hourglass mode analysis

Farid Abed-Meraim and Alain Combescure

Key Words

assumed-strain solid-shell SHB6; six-node prism; shear and thickness locking; hourglass.

Address

Farid Abed-Meraim: LEM3, CNRS, Arts et Metiers ParisTech, 57078 Metz Cedex 3, France Alain Combescure: LaMCoS, UMR CNRS 5259, INSA de Lyon, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France