Element Types available in Gmsh

[dimtsap]

I am posting here the manual of elements available in the GMsh preprocessor/mesh generator that could be added in the MSolve. http://www.manpagez.com/info/gmsh/gmsh-2.2.6/gmsh_63.php Till now we have Quad4,Tri3, Tri6 implementations of @SerafeimBakalakos and Hexa8.

[dimtsap]

Also note that many element types that can now be easily incorporated into MSolve due to the continuum element/ interpolation/ integration separation can be found in https://www.colorado.edu/engineering/CAS/courses.d/AFEM.d/AFEM.projects.d/AFEM.projects.2006.d/AFEM.pr.06.CMM.d/CarlMullerMeadows.report.pdf

[vpapado]

Εξαιρετικά χρήσιμο το Calculix και για το developement και για validation! Ευχαριστούμε πολύ Δημήτρη. 2018-07-07 13:00 GMT+03:00 Dimitris Tsapetis <notifications@github.com>:

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Also note that many element types that can now be easily incorporated into MSolve due to the continuum element/ interpolation/ integration separation can be found in https://www.colorado.edu/engineering/CAS/courses.d/ AFEM.d/AFEM.projects.d/AFEM.projects.2006.d/AFEM.pr.06. CMM.d/CarlMullerMeadows.report.pdf — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#99 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AS23bHIOGihybiV7bnHrsbW_8xk7bfacks5uEIbTgaJpZM4VGTNt> .

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[SerafeimBakalakos]

We also have Quad8 and Quad9 elements. All 2D elements have been tested against Abaqus or other sources, with the exception of Quad9 which is not supported by Abaqus.

[dimtsap]

All 3D finite elements of Gmsh are now also implemented. Specifically:

• Tet4 - Linear tetrahedron with 4 nodes.
• Tet10 - Quadratic tetrahedron with 10 nodes.
• Hexa8 - Linear hexahedron with 8 nodes.
• Hexa20 - Quadratic serendipity hexahedron with 20 nodes.
• Hexa27 - Quadratic hexahedron with 27 nodes.
• Wedge6 - Linear prism with 6 nodes.
• Wedge15 - Quadratic serendipity prism with 15 nodes.
• Wedge18 - Quadratic prism with 18 nodes.
• Pyra5 - Linear pentahedron with 5 nodes.
• Pyra13 - Quadratic serendipity pentahedron with 13 nodes.
• Pyra14 - Quadratic pentahedron with 14 nodes.

Apart from Pyra14 all the above elements have been tested for shape functions and cross-ckecked their derivatives. Abaqus supports only Tet4, Tet10, Hexa8, Hexa20, Wedge6, Wedge15, so their stiffness and mass matrices wil be checked next.