Shell Elements

Elform

Element

001

Hughes-Liu

002

Belytschko-Tsay

003

BCIZ triangular shell

004

C 0 triangular shell

005

Belytschko-Tsay membrane

006

S / R Hughes-Liu

007

S / R co-rotational Hughes-Liu

008

Belytschko-Leviathan shell

009

Fully integrated Belytschko-Tsay membrane

010

Belytschko-Wong-Chiang

011

Fast (co-rotational) Hughes-Liu

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Plane stress (XY plane)

013

Plane strain (XY plane)

014

Axisymmetric solid (Y-axis of symmetry) area weighted

015

Axisymmetric solid (Y-axis of symmetry) volume weighted

016

Fully integrated shell element (very fast)

017

Fully integrated DKT, triangular shell element

018

Fully integrated linear DK quadrilateral / triangular shell

020

Fully integrated linear assumed strain C 0 shell

021

Fully integrated linear assumed strain C 0 shell (5 DOF)

022

Linear shear panel element (3 DOF per node)

023

8-node quadratic quadrilateral shell

024

6-node quadratic triangular shell

025

Belytschko-Tsay shell with thickness stretch

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Fully integrated shell with thickness stretch

027

C 0 triangular shell with thickness stretch

041

Mesh-free (EFG) shell local approach

042

Mesh-free (EFG) shell global approach

043

Mesh-free (EFG) plane strain formulation (XY plane)

044

Mesh-free (EFG) axisymmetric solid formulation (Y-axis of symmetry)

Cohesive element for two-dimensional plane strain, plane stress, and area046
weighted axisymmetric problems (type 14 shells)

Cohesive element for two-dimensional volume-weighted axisymmetric problems

047
(use with type 15 shells)

052

Plane strain (xy plane) XFEM, base element type 13

054

Shell XFEM, base element type defined by BASELM (default 16)

098

Interpolation shell

099

Simplified linear element for time-domain vibration studies

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Isogeometric shells with NURBS

Solid Elements
Elform

Element

fully integrated S / R solid intended for elements with poor aspect ratio, accurate
-02
formulation

fully integrated S / R solid intended for elements with poor aspect ratio, efficient
-01
formulation

000

1 point corotational for * MAT_MODIFIED_HONEYCOMB

001

constant stress solid element

002

fully integrated S / R solid

003

fully integrated quadratic 8 node element with nodal rotations

004

S / R quadratic tetrahedron element with nodal rotations

005

1 point ALE

006

1 point Eulerian

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1 point Eulerian ambient

008

acoustic

009

1 point corotational for * MAT_MODIFIED_HONEYCOMB

010

1 point tetrahedron

011

1 point ALE multi-material element

012

1 point integration with single material and void

013

1 point nodal pressure tetrahedron

014

8 point acoustic

015

2 point pentahedron element

016

4 or 5 point 10-noded tetrahedron

017

10-noded composite tetrahedron

018

8 point enhanced strain solid element for linear statics only

019

4 point cohesive element

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4 point cohesive elements with offsets for use with shells

041

Mesh-free (EFG) solid formulation

042

Adaptive 4-noded mesh-free (EFG) solid formulation

098

Interpolation solid

099

simplified linear element for time-domain vibration studies

115

1 point pentahedron element with hourglass control

Beam Elements
Elform

Element

001

Hughes-Liu with cross section integration

002

Belytschko-Schwer resultant beam

003

truss

004

Belytschko-Schwer full cross-section integration

005

Belytschko-Schwer tubular beam with cross-section integration

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discrete beam / cable

007

2D plane strain shell element (XY plane)

008

2D axisymmetric volume weighted shell element (XY plane)

009

spotweld beam

011

integrated warped beam

012

resultant warped beam

013

small displacement, linear Timoshenko beam with exact stiffness

014

Integrated tubular Elbow element