On Sun, 12 May 2002, will kim wrote:
> Yes, the degenerated 4-node shell elements can be easily converted
> into 3-node elements by using many commercial software, i.e. Mcrash,
> EasiCrash.
>
> However it is not easy to quantify the effect of 4-node degenerated
> elements on the FE results.
Why not run the 2 jobs with a small sample test case of say a box beam
under compression which should give you lots of buckling phenomena. One
would use 4/degenerated-quad and the other 3/triangle.
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