
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Modeling and nonlinear FE analysis of composite shells at finite rotations
R. Schmidt, M.N. Rao & T.D. Vu
RWTH Aachen University, Institute of General Mechanics, Germany
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a numerical study on static analysis of layered composite structures.The shell
element is based on the Reissner-Mindlin first-order shear deformation theory and strain-displacement relations
are valid for small strains but finite rotations. Finite rotations are treated by Rodrigues parameterization. ...