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Constant Strain Triangle (CST) Element Stiffness Matrix
Constant Strain Triangle (CST) Element Stiffness Matrix
STRAIN TRIANGLE (CST) ELEMENT STIFFNESS MATRIX
t = element thickness
⎡ x13 y13 ⎤
det[J] = (x13 )( y 23 ) − (x 23 )( y13 ) det[J ]
1
[J] = ⎢ element area, A =
⎣ x 23 y 23 ⎥⎦ 2
E υE E
For plane stress d 11 = d 22 = d 12 = d 21 = d 33 =
1−υ 2 1−υ 2 2(1 + υ )
E (1 − υ ) υE E
For plane strain d 11 = d 22 = d 12 = d 21 = d 33 =
(1 + υ )(1 − 2υ ) (1 + υ )(1 − 2υ ) 2(1 + υ )
⎡d11 y 23 d12 x32 d11 y31 d12 x13 d11 y12 d12 x21 ⎤
1 ⎢
[D ][B ] = d 21 y 23 d 22 x32 d 21 y31 d 22 x13 d 21 y12 d 22 x21 ⎥⎥
2A ⎢
⎢⎣d 33 x32 d 33 y 23 d 33 x13 d 33 y31 d 33 x 21 d 33 y12 ⎥⎦