Stress-strain state analysis of shells of revolution based on the triangular discretization element with the Lagrange multipliers

The present paper sets forth an algorithm of analyzing thin shells with significant gradients of meridian curvature based on the Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis and finite element method. As a discretization element use is made of a triangular fragment of the middle surface with the Lagrange multipliers in additional nodes arranged in the triangle side middles. We apply the vector method of displacement interpolation that has a number of advantages over the conventional interpolation procedure. The high efficiency of the algorithm developed is confirmed by the numerical examples.