Membrane finite elements have gained increasing importance since the early years of the
finite elements method due to their convenience to a wide range of plane and 3D shell …

A simple but robust 4-node hybrid stress-function (HS-F) membrane element with drilling
degrees of freedom is developed based on the principle of minimum complementary energy …

In this paper, we present the formulations of two four-node quadrilateral membrane finite
elements with rotational degrees of freedom to analyze geometric linear and nonlinear …

The unsymmetric finite element method is a promising technique to produce distortion‐
immune finite elements. In this work, a simple but robust 4‐node 12‐DOF unsymmetric …

The behaviour of heated structures is strongly governed by thermal induced deformation
and degradation of material properties. This thesis presents an augmentation of the software …

This paper presents a new four-node quadrilateral flat shell element, named QFSUQ, for
analysis of shell structures. The element is formed by assemblage of a new membrane …

The development of eight‐node arbitrary quadrilateral membrane elements with drilling
degrees of freedom is presented using the compatible displacement interpolation within the …

We offer a numerical investigation into the effect of penalty parameters in elements with
drilling degrees of freedom and penalized equilibrium, for which the stress tensor σ is not a …

Ce travail concerne la formulation et l'évaluation d'éléments finis de type membrane, plaque
en flexion avec CT et coque pour l'analyse des structures. Ces éléments sont basés sur …

Two 4‐node generalized conforming quadrilateral membrane elements with drilling DOF,
named QAC4θ and QAC4θM, were successfully developed. Two kinds of quadrilateral area …