Element Library

The lower-order finite elements in LS-DYNA are accurate, simple and efficient. For the under-integrated shell and solid elements, zero-energy modes are controlled by either an hourglass viscosity or stiffness. All elements are nearly 100% vectorized.

Beams
- Hughes-Liu Beam
- Belytschko-Schwer Resultant Beam
- Truss Element
- Belytschko-Schwer Beam with full cross-section integration
- Belytschko-Schwer Tubular Beam
- Discrete Beam / Cable
- 2D Plane Strain Shell Element
- 2D Axisymmetric Volume Weighted Shell Element
- Spotweld Beam

Discrete Elements
- Spring (translational and torsional)
- Damper (translational and torsional)

Seatbelt Elements
- Accelerometer
- Pretensioner
- Retractor
- Sensor
- Slipring

4-Node Thin Shells
- Hughes-Liu Shell
- Belytschko-Tsay Shell
- Belytschko-Leviathan Shell
- Belytschko-Wong-Chiang Shell
- Fully Integrated Shells
- Plane Stress Shell
- Plane Strain Shell

Triangular Shells
- C0 Shell
- DKT Shell

Membranes
- Belytschko-Tsay Membrane
- Fully Integrated Belytschko-Tsay Membrane

Solids
- 8-Node Brick Element
- 4-Node Tetrahedron Element
- Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) Brick Element
- Eulerian Brick Element
- Eulerian Navier-Stokes Element

8-Node Thick Shells
- Reduced Integration
- Selective Reduced Integration