General characteristics of components
Finite element modeling of structures
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General characteristics of components
Finite element modeling of structures

Authors : Jean-Jacques BARRAU, Michel SUDRE

Publication date: October 10, 1997, Review date: February 1, 2015 | Lire en français

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2. General characteristics of components

2.1 Preamble

  • Any structure can theoretically be analyzed on the basis of a discretization into three-dimensional elements. As an example, consider figure 7 , a tube embedded at one end and subjected to a point force F at the other. Let's create the volume discretization shown in figure 7 . This mesh has 216 volume elements and 360 nodes. At each node, there are three unknowns: the three components of the displacement vector....

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