Analysis of Shell Structures

The analysis of shells structure represents one of the most challenging

fields in many applications. This work presents the linear and nonlinear
analysis of thin shell structures based on finite element eight nodes
degenerated shell element which have five degrees of freedom per each
node. A geometric nonlinear formulation based on the total Lagrangian
formulation and using both geometric strains (Engineering Strains) and
Greens strains was adopted in this work and the formulations were
implemented into a nonlinear finite element program NONLAS. The
solution of nonlinear equations is obtained by combining a step-by-step
incremental/iterative procedure and the Modified Newton-Raphson
method. The capability of the formulation is demonstrated by numerical
examples and the results are compared with available solutions.

Fathelrahman Mohamed Adam

AbdelRahman Elzubair

Large Deformation Finite

Element Analysis of Shells

Fathelrahman Mohamed Adam

Fathelrahman M. Adam Assistance professor,
Department of Civil Enginerring, Nile Valley University,
Received the B.Tech. degree in civil engineering from
Sudan University of Science and Technology (SUST) in
1994 and M.Sc. degree from SUST in 2000 and Ph.D.
from SUST in 2008. For many years he taught courses
on structural analysis and R.C. Design.
Mohamed Adam, Elzubair

978-3-659-17240-3

Degenerated Eight Nodes Shell Element