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- Title
A high‐order shell finite element for the large deformation analysis of soft material structures.
- Authors
Pagani, A.; Augello, R.; Carrera, E.
- Abstract
Summary: This work proposes a higher‐order unified shell finite element for the analysis of cylinders made of compressible and nearly incompressible hyperelastic materials. The nonlinear governing equations are derived employing the Carrera unified formulation (CUF), thanks to which it is possible to build shell elements with the capability to capture three‐dimensional (3D) transverse and out‐of‐plane effects. The material and geometric nonlinearities are expressed in an orthogonal curvilinear reference system and the coupled formulation of hyperelastic constitutive law is considered. The principle of virtual work and a total Lagrangian approach is used to derive the nonlinear governing equations, which are solved by a Newton–Raphson scheme. The numerical investigations deal with a curved arch and both thick and thin cylinders subjected to line and point loadings. The obtained results are validated by comparing them with those from the literature. They demonstrate the reliability of the proposed method to analyze compressible and incompressible hyperelastic shell structures.
- Subjects
ARCHES; MATERIALS analysis; FINITE element method; VIRTUAL work; NONLINEAR equations; DEFORMATIONS (Mechanics)
- Publication
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2024, Vol 125, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
0029-5981
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/nme.7417