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impose shrinkage strain on shellelements

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Start date May 30, 2002

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May 30, 2002

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hello,
how can i impose a shrinkage strain on a small area (patch) of a cylinder? With a plane plate i can ude the displacement of boundary conditions, but using curved shells i get problems imposing displacements (because i want to impose strains).
thanks for any help/advice
anton