This document describes a quadrilateral shell element for finite element analysis. It involves a planar quadrilateral element with four nodes and two surface degrees of freedom at each node for in-plane displacements. The element is suitable for modeling thin shells and plates.
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Shell Element
This document describes a quadrilateral shell element for finite element analysis. It involves a planar quadrilateral element with four nodes and two surface degrees of freedom at each node for in-plane displacements. The element is suitable for modeling thin shells and plates.