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

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="276304.fig.005a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2013/276304/figures/276304.fig.005a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Bending test   </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="276304.fig.005b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2013/276304/figures/276304.fig.005b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b> Transverse shear test</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="276304.fig.005c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2013/276304/figures/276304.fig.005c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>In-plane tension test</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Boundary displacement conditions for patch tests.</table>

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Figure 5: An 8-Node Shell Element for Nonlinear Analysis of Shells Using the Refined Combination of Membrane and Shear Interpolation Functions 