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

Figure 4

Mesh for patch test (Simo et al., [13]). Length of the square 𝐿=10; Young’s modulus 𝐸=1.0×10⁷; Poisson’s ratio 𝑣=0.3; and thickness ℎ=1.0.