Published: Građevinar 53 (2001) 11
Paper type: Original scientific paper
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Static and dynamic analysis of concrete shells - shell element and models
Abstract
The model and the corresponding software for the static and dynamic analysis of concrete plates and shells is described. The model simulates the material and geometrical nonlinearity. It is demonstrated that dominant nonlinear effects of the reinforced concrete (concrete and reinforcing bars) can be taken into account. This paper, which is the first portion of a more extensive analysis, describes the adopted shell element, material models for concrete and reinforcing bars, and the geometry model. In the second paper, which is to follow shortly, the authors will describe numerical analysis illustrated with appropriate examples.
Keywordsdynamic analysis, nonlinearity, material models, geometry, concrete shell, static analysis