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Tangential differential calculus and the finite element modeling of a large deformation elastic membrane shell problem

Numerical Analysis 2014-10-30 v1

Abstract

We develop a finite element method for a large deformation membrane elasticity problem on meshed surfaces using a tangential differential calculus approach that avoids the use of classical differential geometric methods. The method is also applied to form finding problems.

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@article{arxiv.1410.7913,
  title  = {Tangential differential calculus and the finite element modeling of a large deformation elastic membrane shell problem},
  author = {Peter Hansbo and Mats G. Larson and Fredrik Larsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.7913},
  year   = {2014}
}