TexGen::CElement Class Reference

Base class for representing finite elements. More...

#include <Elements.h>

Inheritance diagram for TexGen::CElement:

Classes
struct	INTEGRATION_POINT
	Struct for representing an integration point. More...

Public Member Functions
	CElement (const CMatrix &P=CMatrix(), int iOrder=3)
virtual	~CElement (void)
void	SetNodeCoordinates (const CMatrix &P)
void	SetIntegrationOrder (int iOrder)
void	GetKeMatrix (CMatrix &KeMatrix)
void	SetFibreDirection (XYZ FibreDirection)
XYZ	GetFibreDirection ()

Protected Member Functions
void	GetBMatrix (CMatrix &BMatrix, CMatrix &Position)
	This is the dimension matrix which is composed of the A and X matrices (B=X*A^-1) More...
virtual void	GetAMatrix (CMatrix &AMatrix)=0
	This is the coordinate matrix given nodal coordinates P. More...
virtual void	GetXMatrix (CMatrix &XMatrix, CMatrix &Position)=0
	This is the matrix which defines strain in terms of the coefficients. More...
virtual void	GetDMatrix (CMatrix &DMatrix)=0
	This is the material properties matrix (typically involving E and v) More...
virtual void	GetIntegrationPoints (vector< INTEGRATION_POINT > &IntegrationPoints)=0
	Defines a series of integration points. More...

Protected Attributes
CMatrix	m_P
int	m_iIntegrationOrder
XYZ	m_FibreDirection

Detailed Description

Base class for representing finite elements.

This class contains all the implementation which is common to finite element analysis elements. Not to be confused with elements within a CMesh. The CMesh class is purely geometrical, while this class is used for FE analysis.

Definition at line 32 of file Elements.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

CElement()

CElement::CElement	(	const CMatrix &	P = CMatrix(),
		int	iOrder = 3
	)

Definition at line 25 of file Elements.cpp.

~CElement()

virtual TexGen::CElement::~CElement ( void  )

inlinevirtual

Definition at line 36 of file Elements.h.

Member Function Documentation

GetAMatrix()

virtual void TexGen::CElement::GetAMatrix ( CMatrix &  AMatrix )

protectedpure virtual

This is the coordinate matrix given nodal coordinates P.

Implemented in TexGen::CElementTriBending, and TexGen::CElementTriTension.

Referenced by GetBMatrix().

GetBMatrix()

void CElement::GetBMatrix ( CMatrix &  BMatrix, CMatrix &  Position  )

protected

This is the dimension matrix which is composed of the A and X matrices (B=X*A^-1)

Definition at line 60 of file Elements.cpp.

References TexGen::CMatrix::EqualsMultiple(), GetAMatrix(), TexGen::CMatrix::GetInverse(), and GetXMatrix().

Referenced by GetKeMatrix().

GetDMatrix()

virtual void TexGen::CElement::GetDMatrix ( CMatrix &  DMatrix )

protectedpure virtual

This is the material properties matrix (typically involving E and v)

Implemented in TexGen::CElementTriBending, and TexGen::CElementTriTension.

Referenced by GetKeMatrix().

GetFibreDirection()

XYZ TexGen::CElement::GetFibreDirection ( )

inline

Definition at line 44 of file Elements.h.

GetIntegrationPoints()

virtual void TexGen::CElement::GetIntegrationPoints ( vector< INTEGRATION_POINT > &  IntegrationPoints )

protectedpure virtual

Defines a series of integration points.

The number of integration points depends on the element shape and integration order

Implemented in TexGen::CElementTri.

Referenced by GetKeMatrix().

GetKeMatrix()

void CElement::GetKeMatrix

(

CMatrix &

KeMatrix

)

Definition at line 41 of file Elements.cpp.

References TexGen::CMatrix::EqualsTransposeMultiple(), GetBMatrix(), GetDMatrix(), GetIntegrationPoints(), and TexGen::CMatrix::ZeroMatrix().

GetXMatrix()

virtual void TexGen::CElement::GetXMatrix ( CMatrix &  XMatrix, CMatrix &  Position  )

protectedpure virtual

This is the matrix which defines strain in terms of the coefficients.

Implemented in TexGen::CElementTriBending, and TexGen::CElementTriTension.

Referenced by GetBMatrix().

SetFibreDirection()

void TexGen::CElement::SetFibreDirection ( XYZ  FibreDirection )

inline

Definition at line 43 of file Elements.h.

Referenced by TexGen::CGeometrySolver::AssignFibreDirectionToElements().

SetIntegrationOrder()

void CElement::SetIntegrationOrder

(

int

iOrder

)

Definition at line 36 of file Elements.cpp.

References m_iIntegrationOrder.

SetNodeCoordinates()

void CElement::SetNodeCoordinates

(

const CMatrix &

P

)

Definition at line 31 of file Elements.cpp.

References m_P.

Referenced by TexGen::CGeometrySolver::CreatePlateElements().

Member Data Documentation

m_FibreDirection

XYZ TexGen::CElement::m_FibreDirection

protected

Definition at line 70 of file Elements.h.

Referenced by TexGen::CElementTriBending::GetDMatrix(), and TexGen::CElementTriTension::GetDMatrix().

m_iIntegrationOrder

int TexGen::CElement::m_iIntegrationOrder

protected

Definition at line 69 of file Elements.h.

Referenced by TexGen::CElementTri::GetIntegrationPoints(), and SetIntegrationOrder().

m_P

CMatrix TexGen::CElement::m_P

protected

Definition at line 68 of file Elements.h.

Referenced by TexGen::CElementTriBending::GetAMatrix(), TexGen::CElementTriTension::GetAMatrix(), TexGen::CElementTri::GetArea(), TexGen::CElementTri::GetIntegrationPoints(), and SetNodeCoordinates().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• C:/Users/epzlpb/Documents/Code/TexGen/Core/Elements.h
• C:/Users/epzlpb/Documents/Code/TexGen/Core/Elements.cpp