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Typical shapes of elements used in 3D analysis
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Displacement functions of tetrahedral
element
u ( x , y , z ) = a1 + a 2 x + a 3 y + a 4 z
v ( x, y , z ) = a5 + a 6 x + a 7 y + a8 z
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{ } = [A]1{d }
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y
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z
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zx 0
y
0
z
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u
z v
0 w
y
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{ } = [ ]{U }
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Strain
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Expressing strain in terms of shape function
derivatives
{ } = [ ]{U }
{U } = [N ]{d }
n
1
{ }T [C ]{ }dV {U }T {T }dS {U }T {B}dV Pi i
2
i =1
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The stiffness matrix is given by,
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[B ] [C ] [B ]
T
6 6
6 12
dV
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[k ]12 12
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y2
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