Triangle6 class

This element adds mid-side nodes to a triangle to accommodate bi-quadratic shape functions.

Parent class

• Element classes

See also

• Triangle class

Class doc

class femedu.elements.linear.Triangle6.Triangle6(node0, node1, node2, node3, node4, node5, material, label=None)

class: representing a 6-noded plane triangle

computeSurfaceLoads()

compute surface loads using faces

This method should be called during updateState() by every element supporting surface loads

resetLoads()

default implementation for resetting element loads.

setSurfaceLoad(face, pn, ps=0)

face ID	nodes defining that face
0	node 0 to node 4 to node 1
1	node 1 to node 5 to node 2
2	node 2 to node 6 to node 0

Parameters:

• face – face ID for the laoded face

• pn – magnitude of distributed normal load per area. Tension on a surface is positive.

• ps – magnitude of distributed shear load per area. Positive direction is defined as shown in the above table.

updateState()