Appendix E Some integration formulae for a tetrahedron

Let a tetrahedron be dened in the xyz coordinate system by four points (x1 , y1 , z1 ), (x2 , y2 , z2 ), (x3 , y3 , z3 ) (x4 , y4 , z4 ) with the origin of the coordinates taken at the centroid, i.e., y1 + y 2 + y 3 + y 4 z1 + z 2 + z 3 + z 4 x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 = = =0 4 4 4 Then integrating over the tetrahedron volume 1 dx dy dz = 6 1 1 1 1 x1 x2 x3 x4 y1 y2 y3 y4 z1 z2 z3 z4

= V = tetrahedron volume

Provided the order of numbering the nodes is as indicated on Fig. 4.18(a) then also: x dx dy dz = x 2 dx dy dz = y 2 dx dy dz = z2 dx dy dz = x y dx dy dz = y z dx dy dz = z x dx dy dz = y dx dy dz = z dx dy dz = 0

V 2 2 2 x 2 + x2 + x3 + x4 20 1 V 2 2 2 y 2 + y2 + y3 + y4 20 1 V 2 2 2 z 2 + z2 + z3 + z4 20 1 V (x1 y1 + x2 y2 + x3 y3 + x4 y4 ) 20 V (y1 z1 + y2 z2 + y3 z3 + y4 z4 ) 20 V (z1 x1 + z2 x2 + z3 x3 + z4 x4 ) 20