PC2 : T6 Elements

Case of a dam: - Mesh - Additivity of the energy == > local approach: element by element - Choice of the interpolation (geometry, displacement) - Local stiffness matrix (local level) - Local external forces (local level) - Assembly - Solution

Mesh
3 Node number (global number) 1 : nodes 1, 2 & 4 2 : nodes 1, 4 & 5 3 5 2 1 1 Additivity 2 Elt 1 Elt 2 Elt 3 4 Element number
ne 3 3 3 1 1 5 nodes 2 4 4 4 5 3

Table : connec

== > Element by element

Element T3
Physical Element Master Element

Parametric representation

Area coordinates

Element T6
=6

Element T6 : Displacement

=6

=6

Isoparametric:

with Nodal values

Finite element T6

T6: Strain & Jacobian [Be(a)] - [Je(a)]

Jacobian :

T(6,2): coordinates matrix (6 nodes by element) Strain :

Stiffness matrix numerical integration

stiff_linel_T6

Numerical integration : Gauss points :

Element T6 : External Forces

Element T6 : External Forces

nf_traction_T6