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New assumed strain triangles for non linear shell analysis

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A comparison between new and existing triangular finite elements based on the shell theory proposed by Juan Carlos Simo and co-workers is presented. Particular emphasis is put on the description of new triangles which show a promising behaviour for linear and non linear shell analysis.

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  1. CONICET Staff Member, Department of Structures, National University of Córdoba, Casilla de Correo 916, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina

    F. G. Flores

  2. E.T.S. Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña c/ Gran Capitán s/n 08034, Barcelona, Spain

    E. Oñate & F. Zarate

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Communicated by S. N. Atluri, 18 August 1995

F. Flores was supported by a fellowship from the Spanish Government during the development to this work.

In memoriam of Juan Carlos Simo

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Flores, F.G., Oñate, E. & Zarate, F. New assumed strain triangles for non linear shell analysis. Computational Mechanics 17, 107–114 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00356483

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