calculating local quantities for Q4 shell elements, closes #28741 #28742
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Reason
To calculate the local quantities such as local stresses, forces and bending moments for shell elements
Design
A convention was used to either automatically calculate local coordinates or allow users to define them manually.
Aux variables were added to visualize the local vectors
The local stresses, forces and bending moments were calculated and stored using aux variables.
Tests were added, and the doc file was edited
Impact
With the new local coordinate system, only one test, large_beam_bending, fails. However, the difference between the new and old results for this test is minimal and negligible, so we regold it.
Other features, such as the calculation of local quantities, will not affect existing capabilities.