THE ELEMENT LIBRARY

  The following elements can be handled by FEMGV. The element library covers most of the existing FEM systems libraries. A more complete description of these elements together with the convention for node numbering the elements is given in Appendix C of the User Manual Appendices.

POINT ELEMENTS

P-EL - single point element

BEAMS

BE2 - two noded beam
BE3 - three noded beam
BE4 - four noded beam
BE5 - five noded beam

PLATES, THIN OR THICK SHELLS

TR3 - three noded triangle
TR6 - six noded triangle
TR9 - nine noded triangle
TR15 - fifteen noded triangle
QU4 - four noded quadrilateral
QU8 - eight noded quadrilateral
QU9 - nine noded quadrilateral
QU12 - twelve noded quadrilateral

SOLIDS

TE4 - four noded tetrahedron
TE10 - ten noded tetrahedron
TE16 - sixteen noded tetrahedron
PE6 - six noded triangular prism
PE15 - fifteen noded triangular prism
PE24 - twenty four noded triangular prism
HE8 - eight noded brick
HE16 - sixteen noded brick
HE20 - twenty noded brick
HE27 - twenty seven noded brick
HE32 - thirty two noded brick

TRANSITION ELEMENTS

TN5 - five noded transition element
TN7 - seven noded transition element
TN12 - twelve noded transition element
TN18 - eighteen noded transition element

INTERFACE ELEMENTS

IP11 - Interface element between individual nodes
IL22 - Interface element between beams or surface element edges
IL32 - Interface element between beams or surface element edges
IL33 - Interface element between beams or surface element edges
IS33 - Interface element between surface elements or brick faces
IS44 - Interface element between surface elements or brick faces
IS84 - Interface element between surface elements or brick faces
IS66 - Interface element between surface elements or brick faces
IS88 - Interface element between surface elements or brick faces

notes : (a) PE6 and PE15 also function as transition elements.

(b) HE16 and HE27 are not currently supported by FEMVIEW.

(c) The transition elements are not currently supported by FEMGEN .

This element library is sufficient for most purposes, and when an analysis program utilises a particularly unusual element, it is generally possible to map onto a standard FEMGV element.

The generic element names are given above, but when a specific analysis environment is active the element names unique to the analysis can be used.