File: Symbols.

doc Date: 2002-09-10

FEMIX 4.0 LIST OF SYMBOLS Note: a vector is stored in a column matrix

x1 Example: x = ( x1 , x2 , x3 ) = x2 = [x1 x3
L S V h A I

x2

x3 ]

G R T T t t m n i j k x

Length Surface Volume Thickness of the finite element or cross-section height Cross-section area Moment of inertia of a cross section Mass per unit volume Weight per unit volume Coefficient of thermal expansion Modulus of elasticity or Young's modulus Poissons ratio Shear modulus Reaction Rotation Temperature Temperature variation Time Time step Number of directions (1, 2 or 3) Number of nodes of a finite element Finite element node: i = 1, , n Index of a direction (global coordinate system): j =1, , m Index of a direction (local coordinate system): k =1, , m Cartesian coordinates of a point: x = ( x1, x2 , x3 )

j e
j e
n

Unit vector of the direction x j

1 , e 2 and e 3 define the global coordinate system ( S ) e Unit vector of the direction xj

Displacement field: u = (u1 , u2 , u3 ) ; ui = ui ( x1 , x2 , x3 ) Vector of strains: = (1, 2 , 3 , 23 , 31, 12 ) ( : normal strains; : shear strains)

= (n1 , n2 , n3 ) Unit vector defining a direction: n

, e and e define the coordinate system ( S ) 1 2 3 e


D g Q p q b T

Vector of stresses: = ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 23 , 31, 12 ) ( : normal stresses; : shear stresses) Elasticity matrix ( = D ) Gravity acceleration: g = (g1 , g 2 , g 3 )

Distributed load per unit length: p = ( p1 , p2 , p3 ) Distributed load per unit area: q = (q1 , q2 , q3 )

Externally applied concentrated load: Q = (Q1 , Q2 , Q3 )

Body forces per unit volume: b = (b1 , b2 , b3 ) Transformation matrix: x = T x ( x is in the global coordinate system) x1 T11 T12 T13 x1 = T21 T22 T23 x2 x2 x3 T31 T32 T33 x3 Matrix of the cartesian coordinates of the nodes of a finite element x ij : cartesian coordinate (node i ; direction x j )
x11 x= x 21 x n1 x12 x 22 xn2 x13 x 23 x n3

Vector of the nodal displacements of a finite element aij : displacement component (node i ; direction x j )

K Kg Kl F Fg Fl a ag al s s

a = (a11, a12 , a13 , a21, a22 , a23 , , an1 , an 2 , an 3 ) Stiffness matrix of the structure (global coordinate system) Stiffness matrix of the element (global coordinate system)

Stiffness matrix of the element (local coordinate system) Load vector of the structure (global coordinate system) Load vector of the element (global coordinate system) Load vector of the element (local coordinate system) Displacement vector of the structure (global coordinate system) (K a = F ) Displacement vector of the element (global coordinate system) (K g a g = F g )

Displacement vector of the element (local coordinate system) (K l a l = F l ) Natural (curvilinear) coordinates: s = (s1, s2 , s3 ) Matrix of the local coordinates of the nodes of a finite element s ik : local coordinate (node i ; direction sk )
s11 s= s 21 s n1 s12 s 22 sn2 s13 s 23 sn3

nGP1

Number of Gauss points ( s1 direction)

nGP 2 nGP 3 z1 z2 z3 L NV N B J nF nP nT ne

Number of Gauss points ( s2 direction) Number of Gauss points ( s3 direction) Index of the Gauss point ( s1 direction): z1 = 1, Index of the Gauss point ( s3 direction): z3 = 1, Strain operator: L = [ , d d xi , , nGP1 , nGP 3 Index of the Gauss point ( s2 direction): z2 = 1, , nGP 2

Matrix of the shape functions: N = [ , N i , Deformation matrix ( = B a ) (B = L N ) Jacobian matrix: J jk = d x j d sk

Vector of the shape functions: N V = ( N1 , N 2 , , N n ) ; N i = N i (s1, s2 , s3 )

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N i = N i (s1, s2 , s3 )

Total number of degrees of freedom of the mesh (nT = nF + nP ) Number of degrees of freedom of the element

Number of nonprescribed (free) degrees of freedom of the mesh Number of prescribed degrees of freedom of the mesh