Re: [Libmesh-users] Integration points through the thickness for shell elements

[John P. <jwp...@gm...>]

On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 11:22 PM Yuxiang Wang <yw...@vi...> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> As one usually reads from literature (or commercial software
> documentation), usually, a shell element would need >= 2 Gaussian
> quadrature points through the thickness to capture its bending behavior.
> For example, in the LS-DYNA documentation
> <https://www.dynasupport.com/tutorial/ls-dyna-users-guide/elements> or
> mentioned in this paper
> <
> http://web.mit.edu/kjb/www/Principal_Publications/Performance_of_the_MITC3+_and_MITC4+_shell_elements_in_widely_used_benchmark_problems.pdf
> >
> .
>

I  guess I'm confused about what you mean by "thickness". Our SHELL
elements are logically two-dimensional (have zero thickness) so IMO it
doesn't make sense ask about integration in the transverse direction...

-- 
John