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Comsol Truss Rod Culomn Elements

Posted Dec 1, 2016, 2:13 p.m. EST Mesh, Structural Mechanics Version 5.2 1 Reply

Alaa Brazi
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What are the types (variable and degree of freedom and polynomial orders) of Comsol truss rod column and beams elements?
1 Reply Last Post Dec 1, 2016, 4:16 p.m. EST
Henrik Sönnerlind COMSOL Employee

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Posted: 8 years ago Dec 1, 2016, 4:16 p.m. EST
Hi,

The Truss elements use Lagrange shape functions of order 1 to 5.

The Beam elements use Hermitian shape functions for the bending (with possible Timoshenko correction). For tension and torsion, linear Lagrange shape functions are used.

Regards,
Henrik
Hi, The Truss elements use Lagrange shape functions of order 1 to 5. The Beam elements use Hermitian shape functions for the bending (with possible Timoshenko correction). For tension and torsion, linear Lagrange shape functions are used. Regards, Henrik

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