Naming Convention
The naming convention for shell elements depends on the element dimensionality.
Three-Dimensional Shell Elements
Three-dimensional shell elements in
Abaqus
are named as follows:
For example, S4R is a 4-node, quadrilateral, stress/displacement shell element
with reduced integration and a large-strain formulation; and SC8R is an 8-node, quadrilateral, first-order interpolation,
stress/displacement continuum shell element with reduced integration.
Axisymmetric Shell Elements
Axisymmetric shell elements in Abaqus are named as follows:
For example, DSAX1 is an axisymmetric, heat transfer shell element with first-order
interpolation.