TRIELEMTYPE

Description	Type	Default
Tri element bending formulation option. DKT - Discrete Kirchhoff-Mindlin Triangle. SRI - Selective Reduced-Order Integration. The DKT element is typically more accurate than the SRI in coarse meshes and like the SRI element, works well for both thick and thin plates. Both element types handle finite transverse shear stiffness and are supported in all solutions.	DKT/SRI	DKT

Description

Type

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Tri element bending formulation option.

DKT - Discrete Kirchhoff-Mindlin Triangle.
SRI - Selective Reduced-Order Integration.

The DKT element is typically more accurate than the SRI in coarse meshes and like the SRI element, works well for both thick and thin plates. Both element types handle finite transverse shear stiffness and are supported in all solutions.

DKT/SRI

DKT