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Higher Order Triangular Elements
2D Problems – LST Complete polynomials
– Pascal’s Triangle
1 constant
x y linear
2
x xy y2 quadratic
3 2 2 3
BEDILU HABTE x x y xy y cubic
CENTER FOR RAILWAY ENGINEERING 4 3 2 2 3
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x xy xy xy y4
quartic
5 4 3 2 2 3 4 5
x xy xy x y xy y fifth order
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6 noded (quadratic) triangular element – LST
2nd Degree displacement in 2D
v3 u x , y a1 a 2 x a 3 y a 4 x 2 a 5 xy a 6 y 2
3 u3 u1
v5 v x , y a 7 a 8 x a 9 y a10 x 2 a11 xy a12 y 2
v6 d1 v1
d
a1
5 u5 a
2 u2
2
v2 a3
u6
6 d3 v2
a4
v4 u2 d a5
d4 u3
u 1 x y x2 xy y2 0 0 0 0 0 0 a6
v1 2 U 2
v 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x y x2 xy y a7
u4 d5 a8
4
u1 a9
1 d6 a 10
v U d X a a 11
6 a
12
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u B & k Matrices
Strain/Displacement a2 2 xa4 ya5
x
u
v 0
a9 xa11 2 ya12 x x
x x y x
y v u
B N where 0
y
y D y
a3 xa5 2 ya6
y y
xy xy
xy u v
y x
y x v
a8 2 xa10 ya11
x M a
0 1 0 2x y 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
a1 BU
a T
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x 2 y 2 M a a X 1U k B D B dV
0 0 1 0 x 2 y 0 1 0 2x y 0 v
a12 B M X 1
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6 Node (LST) Triangle Example 6 Node (LST) Triangle Example
u x, y a1 a 2 x a 3 y a 4 x 2 a5 xy a 6 y 2
3
0 , h
v x, y a 7 a8 x a 9 y a10 x 2 a11 xy a12 y 2
5 b , h
h 6 2 2
0, u1
2
v1
u N 1 0 N2 0 N3 0 N4 0 N5 0 N6 0
1 4 u2
2
0 , 0 v 0 N1 0 N2 0 N3 0 N4 0 N5 0 N 6
b b , 0
,0
2
v 6
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6 Node (LST) Triangle Example 6 Node (LST) Triangle Example
2 2
x y x
2
x y y
2 x y x x y y
N1 1 3 3 2 4 2 N 1 3 3 2 4 2
x1 0 y1 0 1 b h b b h h
b h b b h h
2 x2 b y2 0
x x
y 3 h N1 0,0 1
N 2 2
b b x3 0
2 b N1 b,0 0
y y x4 y 4 0 N 0, h 0
N 3 2 2 1
h h
b h b
x x
2
x y x5 y5 N1 ,0 0
N 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
b b b h h
x6 0 y6 b h
x
y N , 0
N 5 4 2 1 2 2
b h
h
2 N1 0, 0
y x y y 2
N 6 4 4 4
h b h h
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6 Node (LST) Triangle Example
1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0
1
B 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6
2A
1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6
u N 1u1 N 2u2 N 6u6
1
x 1u1 2u2 6u6
2A
1
y 1v1 2 v2 6v6
2A
1
xy 1u1 1v1 2u2 2 v2 6v6
2A
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