Explicit dynamic analysis of elasto-plastic laminated composite shells: implementation of non-iterative stress update schemes for the HOFFMAN yield criterion

Abstract

The dynamic analysis of composite shell structures is carried out by an explicit finite element code employing 4-node one-point quadrature elements. The anisotropic Hoffman yield criterion is adopted to model the laminates. The formulation for stress update using a backward Euler scheme is presented in the plane stress subspace. Several numerical examples are presented. The issue of implementing single-iteration schemes for stress update is also investigated. © 1995 Springer-Verlag.