Shell4 element

 

Figure 1  Shell4 element

 

Shell4 is a rectangular shell element with the following capabilities:

 

     Bending

     Membrane

 

The element has six degrees of freedom at each node:

 

     Translations in the nodal x, y, and z directions

     Rotations in the nodal x, y, and z axes

 

The element is defined by:

 

     Four nodes

     Thickness.