On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 11:22 PM Yuxiang Wang <yw...@virginia.edu> wrote:
> Dear all, > > As one usually reads from literature (or commercial software > documentation), usually, a shell element would need >= 2 Gaussian > quadrature points through the thickness to capture its bending behavior. > For example, in the LS-DYNA documentation > <https://www.dynasupport.com/tutorial/ls-dyna-users-guide/elements> or > mentioned in this paper > < > http://web.mit.edu/kjb/www/Principal_Publications/Performance_of_the_MITC3+_and_MITC4+_shell_elements_in_widely_used_benchmark_problems.pdf > > > . > I guess I'm confused about what you mean by "thickness". Our SHELL elements are logically two-dimensional (have zero thickness) so IMO it doesn't make sense ask about integration in the transverse direction... -- John _______________________________________________ Libmesh-users mailing list Libmesh-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libmesh-users
