An 8-Node Shell Element for Nonlinear Analysis of Shells Using the Refined Combination of Membrane and Shear Interpolation Functions

Figure 3

Sampling points of the 8-node ANS shell element.

(a) Pattern 𝛼 (following Bathe et al. [9]) 

(b) Pattern 𝛽 (following Han et al. [10])

(c) Pattern 𝛿 (following Han et al. [10])

(d) Patterns 𝛾,𝛾₆ (following Hwang [11])

(e) Patterns 𝛾^∗,𝛾^∗₆ (following Polit et al. [12])