A solid shell element based on relative displacements concept theory and applications

A SOLID SHELL ELEMENT BASED ON RELATIVE DISPLACEMENTS CONCEPT: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS MA YONGQIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2006 A SOLID SHELL ELEMENT BASED ON RELATIVE DISPLACEMENTS CONCEPT: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS MA YONGQIAN B.Eng (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, P.R.China), M.Eng.(Zhejiang University, P.R.China) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2006 .. .A SOLID SHELL ELEMENT BASED ON RELATIVE DISPLACEMENTS CONCEPT: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS MA YONGQIAN B.Eng (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, P.R.China), M.Eng.(Zhejiang University,... M.Eng.(Zhejiang University, P.R.China) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2006