The verification examples on this page belong to the quadrilateral and triangular shell elements. They cover plate bending, locking checks, membrane behaviour, transverse shear, laminate and orthotropic sections, and the CLT strip.
Values are in the test model's own unit set. The deviation is defined on the MindFEM Engine — Verification page.
Sensitivity measurement
The record below is not an agreement check. The value in the reference column is not a correct answer but the value obtained when one term is deliberately left out. The large difference here does not show an error; it shows how much that term contributes to the result.
| Case | Quantity | Term dropped | Engine value | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five-layer CLT, the share of rolling shear | Shear stiffness , per unit width | 61,057 | 7,961.51 | 87.00% |