Figure 1 Shell9 element
Shell9 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 about the nodal x, y, and z axes
The element is defined by:
•4 corner nodes
•4 edge nodes
•A face node
•Thickness