ESL Based Cylindrical Shell Elements with Hierarchical Shape Functions for Laminated Composite Shells

Table 4

Maximum radial deflection () at = 100.

Analysis types	1 × 1	2 × 2	4 × 4	8 × 8	16 × 16	20 × 20
Present analysis
-level = 3	0.0674	0.3540	1.2273	1.7090	1.8172	1.8293
-level = 4	0.1489	0.8821	1.5689	1.7825	1.8350	1.8404
-level = 5	0.3503	1.3250	1.6937	1.8147	1.8419	1.8452
-level = 6	0.7655	1.5009	1.7542	1.8289	1.8458	1.8481
-level = 7	1.1906	1.6180	1.7937	1.8376	1.8485	1.8503
-level = 8	1.3670	1.7037	1.8162	1.8426	1.8504	1.8520
-level = 9	1.4789	1.7560	1.8284	1.8457	1.8519	1.8533
-level = 10	1.5897	1.7883	1.8356	1.8479	1.8532	1.8545
4N
F	0.0098	0.0254	0.0608	0.1282	0.2785	0.3603
R	0.0207	0.3263	1.9281	1.8453	1.8600	1.8632
S	0.0213	0.6723	1.3929	1.6093	1.7762	1.8056
8N
F	0.0369	0.0864	0.3891	1.1772	1.6691	1.7378
R	0.1477	1.0976	1.6444	1.7951	1.8307	1.8365
S	0.1263	0.8565	1.5541	1.7799	1.8282	1.8350
9N
F	0.0414	0.0925	0.4184	1.2238	1.6845	1.7476
R	0.1886	1.7458	1.8451	1.8596	1.8677	1.8702
S	0.1657	1.2428	1.7046	1.8359	1.8633	1.8675