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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 T3
Physical Element Master Element
Parametric representation
Area coordinates
Element T6
=6
Element T6 : Displacement
=6
=6
Isoparametric:
Finite element T6
nf_traction_T6