ShellNLDKGT

This command is used to construct a ShellNLDKGT element. This element accounts for the geometric nonlinearity of large deformation using the updated Lagrangian formulation, which is developed based on the ShellDKGT element.

element ShellNLDKGT $eleTag $iNode $jNode $kNode $secTag

eleTag

unique element object tag

iNode jNode kNode

three nodes defining element boundaries, input in clockwise or counter-clockwise order around the element.

tag associated with previously-defined SectionForceDeformation object

secTag

currently can be a PlateFiberSection, a ElasticMembranePlateSection and a LayeredShell section


Code developed by: Shuhao Zhang, Tsinghua University, and Prof. Xinzheng Lu, Tsinghua University