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DG shell boundary conditions
Since shell formalism only takes displacements into account, rotating boundary conditions are imposed though a DG formulation.
Materials
As for boundary condition elements, there is no material to associate to an element.
Elements
Since no material is required, the first stage consists in defining an ElementProperties:text/html2016-03-30T13:23:04+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)DG shell interactions
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DG shell interactions
Once shell interactions are defined, they must be completed with (Discontinuous Galerkin) interface interactions, following the well-known material-element-interaction pattern.
Materials
First, the material is defined as:
materialno = materialset.define (number, type)
materialno = materialset(number)
materialno.put(param, value)
materialno.depend(param, fct, Key(Lock)))
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Shells
Materials
The definition of shell finite elements follows the same logic as volume elements. First, a material is defined:
materialno = materialset.define (number, type)
materialno = materialset(number)
materialno.put(param, value)
materialno.depend(param, fct, Key(Lock)))
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General Points
Introduction
Shell elements are used to model thin bodies in 3D. It must be used together with DG (Discontinuous Galerkin) interface elements. Specific shell interactions are materials must be used (see Shells), although the interaction is still managed by the