Steady-state nonlinear heat transfer in stiffened composite plates and shells by an exactly integrated facet triangular element (Q2564510)

We augment the basic formulation with quadratically time-dependent thermal conductivities, thus achieving together with the included radiation effects a high degree of nonlinearity in our steady-state heat transfer formulation. A characteristic of the study is the exact integration of all matrices which is accomplished by employing advanced symbolic computation techniques as well as delicate programming. Comparison is made with available analytical results for various panels of different complexity; simple flat unstiffened plates to stiffened cylindrical shells are studied. The three-node triangular element can be applied to any geometry, thus ensuring generality.