Research Article
ESL Based Cylindrical Shell Elements with Hierarchical Shape Functions for Laminated Composite Shells
Table 2
Maximum deflections of the cylindrical laminate shell with two layers.
| Analysis types | 1 × 1 | 2 × 2 | 4 × 4 | 8 × 8 | 16 × 16 |
| Present analysis | | | | | | -level = 3 | 0.1860 | — | — | — | — | -level = 4 | 0.1782 | — | — | — | — | -level = 5 | 0.1795 | — | — | — | — | -level = 6 | 0.1794 | — | — | — | — | -level = 7 | 0.1794 | | | | | -level = 8 | 0.1794 | — | — | — | — | -level = 9 | 0.1794 | — | — | — | — | -level = 10 | 0.1794 | | | | | 4N | | | | | | F | 0.1105 | 0.1705 | 0.1811 | 0.1804 | 0.1797 | R | 0.1240 | 0.2290 | 0.1882 | 0.1814 | 0.1799 | S | 0.1240 | 0.2290 | 0.1882 | 0.1814 | 0.1799 | 8N | | | | | | F | 0.1829 | 0.1830 | 0.1797 | 0.1795 | 0.1794 | R | 0.2174 | 0.1796 | 0.1794 | 0.1794 | — | S | 0.2174 | 0.1796 | 0.1794 | 0.1794 | — | 9N | | | | | | F | 0.1829 | 0.1830 | 0.1797 | 0.1795 | 0.1794 | R | 0.2174 | 0.1796 | 0.1794 | 0.1794 | — | S | 0.2174 | 0.1796 | 0.1794 | 0.1794 | — |
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