Finite Element Method Coupling Penalty Method for Flexural Shell Model

In this paper,we propose a conformingfinite element method coupling penalty method for the linearly elasticflexural shell to overcome computational dif-ficulties.We start with discretizing the displacement variable,i.e.,the two tangent components of the displacement are discretized by using conformingfinite elements(linear element),and the normal component of the displacement is discretized by us-ing conforming Hsieh-Clough-Tocher element(HCT element).Then,the existence,uniqueness,stability,convergence and a priori error estimate of the corresponding analyses are proven and analyzed.Finally,we present numerical experiments with a portion of the conical shell and a portion of the cylindrical shell to verify theoretical convergence results and demonstrate the effectiveness of the numerical scheme.