Robustness of Hierarchical Laminated Shell Element Based on Equivalent Single-Layer Theory

Table 3

Change of the normalized maximum deflection with increasing aspect ratio.

β		1	2	4	6	8	10	20	50	100	500	1000
h-FEM ()	SHELL 181	0.616	0.609	0.588	0.551	0.499	0.431	0.347	0.248	0.133	0.133	0.133
	SHELL 281	0.974	0.971	0.965	0.956	0.944	0.930	0.913	0.894	0.872	0.872	0.872
p-FEM ()	SHELL 150	1.170	1.159	1.147	1.134	1.123	1.118	1.121	1.133	1.156	1.159	1.161
	Present	0.990	0.986	0.982	0.980	0.978	0.976	0.974	0.972	0.971	0.970	0.970