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| − | This description is based on the MED format as described [https://hammi.extra.cea.fr/static/MED/web_med/logiciels/med-2.3.1/doc/html/modele_de_donnees.html#3. modele de donnes]. | + | This description is based on the MED format as described in [https://hammi.extra.cea.fr/static/MED/web_med/logiciels/med-2.3.1/doc/html/modele_de_donnees.html#3. modele de donnes]. |
== Segment element == <!--T:2--> | == Segment element == <!--T:2--> | ||
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! Edge !! Node 1 !! Node 2 !! Middle node | ! Edge !! Node 1 !! Node 2 !! Middle node | ||
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| − | == | + | == Quadrangle element == <!--T:4--> |
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! Face !! Node 1 !! Node 2 !! Node 3 !! Node 4 !! Node 5 !! Node 6 !! Node 7 !! Node 8 !! Node1 | ! Face !! Node 1 !! Node 2 !! Node 3 !! Node 4 !! Node 5 !! Node 6 !! Node 7 !! Node 8 !! Node1 | ||
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| − | == Pentahedron element == <!--T:8--> | + | == Pentahedron element (prism) == <!--T:8--> |
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| + | |+ Edges of Penta6 and Penta15 | ||
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! Edge !! Node 1 !! Node 2 !! Middle node | ! Edge !! Node 1 !! Node 2 !! Middle node | ||
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| + | |+ Faces by Nodes of Penta6 | ||
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| + | |+ Faces by Nodes of Penta15 | ||
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! Face !! Node 1 !! Node 2 !! Node 3 !! Node 4 !! Node 5 !! Node 6 !! Node 7 !! Node 8 !! Node 1 | ! Face !! Node 1 !! Node 2 !! Node 3 !! Node 4 !! Node 5 !! Node 6 !! Node 7 !! Node 8 !! Node 1 | ||
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| F5 || N3 || N15 || N6 || N12 || N4 || N13 || N1 || N9 || N3 | | F5 || N3 || N15 || N6 || N12 || N4 || N13 || N1 || N9 || N3 | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Pyramid element == <!--T:6--> | ||
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| + | [[Image:FEM_mesh_elements_7_pyramid.svg|600px]] | ||
| + | <translate> | ||
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| + | <!--T:30--> | ||
| + | {| class="wikitable" style="color:black; background-color:#eeeeef;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" | ||
| + | |+ Edges of Pyra5 and Pyra13 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! Edge !! Node 1 !! Node 2 !! Middle node | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | E1 || N1 || N2 || N6 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | E2 || N2 || N3 || N7 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | E3 || N3 || N4 || N8 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | E4 || N4 || N1 || N9 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | E5 || N1 || N5 || N10 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | E6 || N2 || N5 || N11 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | E7 || N3 || N5 || N12 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | E8 || N4 || N5 || N13 | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | |||
| + | <!--T:31--> | ||
| + | {| class="wikitable" style="color:black; background-color:#eeeeef;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" | ||
| + | |+ Faces by Edges of Pyra5 and Pyra13 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! Face !! Edge 1 !! Edge 2 !! Edge 3 !! Edge 4 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F1 || E1 || E2 || E3 || E4 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F2 || E5 || -E6 || -E1 || _ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F3 || E6 || -E7 || -E2 || _ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F4 || E7 || -E8 || -E3 || _ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F5 || E8 || E5 || -E4 || _ | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | |||
| + | <!--T:32--> | ||
| + | {| class="wikitable" style="color:black; background-color:#eeeeef;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" | ||
| + | |+ Faces by Nodes of Pyra5 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! Face !! Node 1 !! Node 2 !! Node 3 !! Node4 !! Node1 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F1 || N1 || N2 || N3 || N4 || N1 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F2 || N1 || N5 || N2 || _ || N1 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F3 || N2 || N5 || N3 || _ || N2 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F4 || N3 || N5 || N4 || _ || N3 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F5 || N4 || N5 || N1 || _ || N4 | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | |||
| + | <!--T:33--> | ||
| + | {| class="wikitable" style="color:black; background-color:#eeeeef;" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="1" | ||
| + | |+ Faces by Nodes of Pyra13 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! Face !! Node 1 !! Node 2 !! Node 3 !! Node4 !! Node 5 !! Node 6 !! Node 7 !! Node8 !! Node1 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F1 || N1 || N6 || N2 || N7 || N3 || N8 || N4 || N9 || N1 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F2 || N1 || N10 || N5 || N11 || N2 || N6 || _ || _ || N1 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F3 || N2 || N11 || N5 || N12 || N13 || N7 || _ || _ || N2 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F4 || N3 || N12 || N5 || N13 || N4 || N8 || _ || _ || N3 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F5 || N4 || N13 || N5 || N10 || N1 || N9 || _ || _ || N4 | ||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 06:54, 12 April 2019
Contents
Introduction
This description is based on the MED format as described in modele de donnes.
Segment element
| Edge | Node 1 | Node 2 | Middle node |
|---|---|---|---|
| E1 | N1 | N2 | N3 |
Triangle element
| Edge | Node 1 | Node 2 | Middle node |
|---|---|---|---|
| E1 | N1 | N2 | N4 |
| E2 | N2 | N3 | N5 |
| E3 | N3 | N1 | N6 |
| Face | Edge 1 | Edge 2 | Edge 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | E1 | E2 | E3 |
| Face | Node 1 | Node 2 | Node 3 | Node 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | N1 | N2 | N3 | N1 |
| Face | Node 1 | Node 2 | Node 3 | Node 4 | Node 5 | Node 6 | Node 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | N1 | N4 | N2 | N5 | N3 | N6 | N1 |
Quadrangle element
| Edge | Node 1 | Node 2 | Middle node |
|---|---|---|---|
| E1 | N1 | N2 | N5 |
| E2 | N2 | N3 | N6 |
| E3 | N3 | N4 | N7 |
| E4 | N4 | N1 | N8 |
| Face | Edge 1 | Edge 2 | Edge 3 | Edge 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 |
| Face | Node 1 | Node 2 | Node 3 | Node 4 | Node 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | N1 | N2 | N3 | N4 | N1 |
| Face | Node 1 | Node 2 | Node 3 | Node 4 | Node 5 | Node 6 | Node 7 | Node 8 | Node 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | N1 | N5 | N2 | N6 | N3 | N7 | N4 | N8 | N1 |
Tetrahedron element
| Edge | Node 1 | Node 2 | Middle node |
|---|---|---|---|
| E1 | N1 | N2 | N5 |
| E2 | N2 | N3 | N6 |
| E3 | N3 | N1 | N7 |
| E4 | N1 | N4 | N8 |
| E5 | N2 | N4 | N9 |
| E6 | N3 | N4 | N10 |
| Face | Edge 1 | Edge 2 | Edge 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | E1 | E2 | E3 |
| F2 | E4 | -E5 | -E1 |
| F3 | E5 | -E6 | -E2 |
| F4 | E6 | -E4 | -E3 |
| Face | Node 1 | Node 2 | Node 3 | Node 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | N1 | N2 | N3 | N1 |
| F2 | N1 | N4 | N2 | N1 |
| F3 | N2 | N4 | N3 | N2 |
| F4 | N3 | N4 | N1 | N3 |
| Face | Node 1 | Node 2 | Node 3 | Node 4 | Node 5 | Node 6 | Node 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | N1 | N5 | N2 | N6 | N3 | N7 | N1 |
| F2 | N1 | N8 | N4 | N9 | N2 | N5 | N1 |
| F3 | N2 | N9 | N4 | N10 | N3 | N6 | N2 |
| F4 | N3 | N10 | N4 | N8 | N1 | N7 | N3 |
Hexahedron element
| Edge | Node 1 | Node 2 | Middle node |
|---|---|---|---|
| E1 | N1 | N2 | N9 |
| E2 | N2 | N3 | N10 |
| E3 | N3 | N4 | N11 |
| E4 | N4 | N1 | N12 |
| E5 | N5 | N6 | N13 |
| E6 | N6 | N7 | N14 |
| E7 | N7 | N8 | N15 |
| E8 | N8 | N5 | N16 |
| E9 | N1 | N5 | N17 |
| E10 | N2 | N6 | N18 |
| E11 | N3 | N7 | N19 |
| E12 | N4 | N8 | N20 |
| Face | Edge 1 | Edge 2 | Edge 3 | Edge 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 |
| F2 | -E8 | -E7 | -E6 | -E5 |
| F3 | E9 | E5 | -E10 | -E1 |
| F4 | E10 | E6 | -E11 | -E2 |
| F5 | E11 | E7 | -E12 | -E3 |
| F6 | E12 | E8 | -E9 | -E4 |
| Face | Node 1 | Node 2 | Node 3 | Node 4 | Node 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | N1 | N2 | N3 | N4 | N1 |
| F2 | N5 | N8 | N7 | N6 | N5 |
| F3 | N1 | N5 | N6 | N2 | N1 |
| F4 | N2 | N6 | N7 | N3 | N2 |
| F5 | N3 | N7 | N8 | N4 | N3 |
| F6 | N4 | N8 | N5 | N1 | N4 |
| Face | Node 1 | Node 2 | Node 3 | Node 4 | Node 5 | Node 6 | Node 7 | Node 8 | Node1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | N1 | N9 | N2 | N10 | N3 | N11 | N4 | N12 | N1 |
| F2 | N5 | N16 | N8 | N15 | N7 | N14 | N6 | N13 | N5 |
| F3 | N1 | N17 | N5 | N13 | N6 | N18 | N2 | N9 | N1 |
| F4 | N2 | N18 | N6 | N14 | N7 | N19 | N3 | N10 | N2 |
| F5 | N3 | N19 | N7 | N15 | N8 | N20 | N4 | N11 | N3 |
| F6 | N4 | N20 | N8 | N16 | N5 | N17 | N1 | N12 | N4 |
Pentahedron element (prism)
| Edge | Node 1 | Node 2 | Middle node |
|---|---|---|---|
| E1 | N1 | N2 | N7 |
| E2 | N2 | N3 | N8 |
| E3 | N3 | N1 | N9 |
| E4 | N4 | N5 | N10 |
| E5 | N5 | N6 | N11 |
| E6 | N6 | N4 | N12 |
| E7 | N1 | N4 | N13 |
| E8 | N2 | N5 | N14 |
| E9 | N3 | N6 | N15 |
| Face | Edge 1 | Edge 2 | Edge 3 | Edge 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | E1 | E2 | E3 | _ |
| F2 | -E6 | -E5 | -E4 | _ |
| F3 | E7 | E4 | -E8 | -E1 |
| F4 | E8 | E5 | -E9 | -E2 |
| F5 | E9 | E6 | -E7 | -E3 |
| Face | Node 1 | Node 2 | Node 3 | Node 4 | Node 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | N1 | N2 | N3 | _ | N1 |
| F2 | N4 | N6 | N5 | _ | N4 |
| F3 | N1 | N4 | N5 | N2 | N1 |
| F4 | N2 | N5 | N6 | N3 | N2 |
| F5 | N3 | N6 | N4 | N1 | N3 |
| Face | Node 1 | Node 2 | Node 3 | Node 4 | Node 5 | Node 6 | Node 7 | Node 8 | Node 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | N1 | N7 | N2 | N8 | N3 | N9 | _ | _ | N1 |
| F2 | N4 | N12 | N6 | N11 | N5 | N10 | _ | _ | N4 |
| F3 | N1 | N13 | N4 | N10 | N5 | N14 | N2 | N7 | N1 |
| F4 | N2 | N14 | N5 | N11 | N6 | N15 | N3 | N8 | N2 |
| F5 | N3 | N15 | N6 | N12 | N4 | N13 | N1 | N9 | N3 |
Pyramid element
| Edge | Node 1 | Node 2 | Middle node |
|---|---|---|---|
| E1 | N1 | N2 | N6 |
| E2 | N2 | N3 | N7 |
| E3 | N3 | N4 | N8 |
| E4 | N4 | N1 | N9 |
| E5 | N1 | N5 | N10 |
| E6 | N2 | N5 | N11 |
| E7 | N3 | N5 | N12 |
| E8 | N4 | N5 | N13 |
| Face | Edge 1 | Edge 2 | Edge 3 | Edge 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 |
| F2 | E5 | -E6 | -E1 | _ |
| F3 | E6 | -E7 | -E2 | _ |
| F4 | E7 | -E8 | -E3 | _ |
| F5 | E8 | E5 | -E4 | _ |
| Face | Node 1 | Node 2 | Node 3 | Node4 | Node1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | N1 | N2 | N3 | N4 | N1 |
| F2 | N1 | N5 | N2 | _ | N1 |
| F3 | N2 | N5 | N3 | _ | N2 |
| F4 | N3 | N5 | N4 | _ | N3 |
| F5 | N4 | N5 | N1 | _ | N4 |
| Face | Node 1 | Node 2 | Node 3 | Node4 | Node 5 | Node 6 | Node 7 | Node8 | Node1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | N1 | N6 | N2 | N7 | N3 | N8 | N4 | N9 | N1 |
| F2 | N1 | N10 | N5 | N11 | N2 | N6 | _ | _ | N1 |
| F3 | N2 | N11 | N5 | N12 | N13 | N7 | _ | _ | N2 |
| F4 | N3 | N12 | N5 | N13 | N4 | N8 | _ | _ | N3 |
| F5 | N4 | N13 | N5 | N10 | N1 | N9 | _ | _ | N4 |
FEM
- Materials: Solid, Fluid, Nonlinear mechanical; Material editor
- Element geometry: Beam (1D), Beam rotation (1D), Shell (2D), Fluid flow (1D)
Constraints
- Electrostatic: Potential
- Fluid: Initial velocity, Fluid boundary, Flow velocity
- Mechanical: Fixed, Displacement, Plane rotation, Contact, Transform, Force, Pressure, Self weight, Bearing, Gear, Pulley
- Thermal: Initial temperature, Heat flux, Temperature, Heat source
- Solve: Calculix tools, CalculiX, Elmer, Z88; Equations: Heat, Elasticity, Electrostatic, Flux, Flow; Solver: Solver control, Solver run
- Results: Purge, Show; Postprocessing: Apply changes, Pipeline from result, Create warp vector filter, Create scalar clip filter, Create cut filter, Create clip filter, Create data along line filter, Create linearized stresses,
Create data at point filter, Create functions
- Utilities: Clipping plane, Remove clipping planes; Mesh clear, Mesh display info
- Additional: Preferences; FEM Install, FEM Mesh, FEM Solver, FEM CalculiX, FEM Project, FEM Concrete; FEM Element Types
User documentation
- Getting started
- Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
- Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties; Help FreeCAD, Donate
- Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
- Workbenches: Std Base; Arch, Draft, FEM, Image, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Path, Points, Raytracing, Reverse Engineering, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Start, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web
- Deprecated or unmaintained workbenches: Complete, Drawing, Robot
- Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub
