Thinner Means Stiffer — Shear Locking in Shell Elements and the MITC Tying Fix
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A linear shell element gets stiffer, not weaker, as it thins out. The cause is one line: shear strain obtained by differentiating displacements.
Why Does the Bridge Sag Like That? The Direct Stiffness Method for Trusses
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Assembling bar element stiffness matrices to solve truss displacements with FEM