Description

Brick element with 8 nodes (with EAS).

#include <ChElementBrick.h>

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Public Types
using	ShapeVector = ChMatrixNM< double, 1, 8 >

Public Member Functions
virtual int	GetNnodes () override
	Get number of nodes of this element.

virtual int	GetNdofs () override
	Get number of degrees of freedom of this element.

virtual int	GetNodeNdofs (int n) override
	Get the number of coordinates from the n-th node used by this element.

virtual std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAbase >	GetNodeN (int n) override
	Access the n-th node of this element.

void	SetNodes (std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz > nodeA, std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz > nodeB, std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz > nodeC, std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz > nodeD, std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz > nodeE, std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz > nodeF, std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz > nodeG, std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz > nodeH)
	Specify the nodes of this element.

void	SetElemNum (int kb)
	Set the element number.

void	SetStockAlpha (double a1, double a2, double a3, double a4, double a5, double a6, double a7, double a8, double a9)
	Set EAS internal parameters (stored values).

void	SetStockJac (const ChMatrixNM< double, 24, 24 > &a)
	Set EAS Jacobian matrix.

void	SetStockKTE (const ChMatrixNM< double, 24, 24 > &a)
	Set Analytical Jacobian.

void	SetInertFlexVec (const ChVectorN< double, 3 > &a)
	Set some element parameters (dimensions).

int	GetElemNum () const

const ChMatrixNM< double, 8, 3 > &	GetInitialPos () const
	Get initial position of the element in matrix form.

std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz >	GetNodeA () const

std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz >	GetNodeB () const

std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz >	GetNodeC () const

std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz >	GetNodeD () const

std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz >	GetNodeE () const

std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz >	GetNodeF () const

std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz >	GetNodeG () const

std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz >	GetNodeH () const

double	GetLengthX () const

double	GetLengthY () const

double	GetLengthZ () const

void	SetMaterial (std::shared_ptr< ChContinuumElastic > my_material)

std::shared_ptr< ChContinuumElastic >	GetMaterial () const

void	SetGravityOn (bool val)
	Turn gravity on/off.

void	SetMooneyRivlin (bool val)
	Set whether material is Mooney-Rivlin (Otherwise linear elastic isotropic)

void	SetMRCoefficients (double C1, double C2)
	Set Mooney-Rivlin coefficients.

void	ShapeFunctions (ShapeVector &N, double x, double y, double z)
	Fills the N shape function matrix as N = [s1eye(3) s2eye(3) s3eye(3) s4eye(3)...]; ,.

void	ShapeFunctionsDerivativeX (ShapeVector &Nx, double x, double y, double z)

void	ShapeFunctionsDerivativeY (ShapeVector &Ny, double x, double y, double z)

void	ShapeFunctionsDerivativeZ (ShapeVector &Nz, double x, double y, double z)

virtual int	LoadableGet_ndof_x () override
	Gets the number of DOFs affected by this element (position part)

virtual int	LoadableGet_ndof_w () override
	Gets the number of DOFs affected by this element (speed part)

virtual void	LoadableGetStateBlock_x (int block_offset, ChState &mD) override
	Gets all the DOFs packed in a single vector (position part)

virtual void	LoadableGetStateBlock_w (int block_offset, ChStateDelta &mD) override
	Gets all the DOFs packed in a single vector (speed part)

virtual void	LoadableStateIncrement (const unsigned int off_x, ChState &x_new, const ChState &x, const unsigned int off_v, const ChStateDelta &Dv) override
	Increment all DOFs using a delta.

virtual int	Get_field_ncoords () override
	Number of coordinates in the interpolated field: here the {x,y,z} displacement.

virtual int	GetSubBlocks () override
	Tell the number of DOFs blocks (ex. =1 for a body, =4 for a tetrahedron, etc.)

virtual unsigned int	GetSubBlockOffset (int nblock) override
	Get the offset of the i-th sub-block of DOFs in global vector.

virtual unsigned int	GetSubBlockSize (int nblock) override
	Get the size of the i-th sub-block of DOFs in global vector.

virtual void	LoadableGetVariables (std::vector< ChVariables * > &mvars) override
	Get the pointers to the contained ChVariables, appending to the mvars vector.

virtual void	ComputeNF (const double U, const double V, const double W, ChVectorDynamic<> &Qi, double &detJ, const ChVectorDynamic<> &F, ChVectorDynamic<> state_x, ChVectorDynamic<> state_w) override
	Evaluate N'F , where N is some type of shape function evaluated at U,V,W coordinates of the volume, each ranging in -1..+1 F is a load, N'F is the resulting generalized load Returns also det[J] with J=[dx/du,..], that might be useful in gauss quadrature. More...

virtual double	GetDensity () override
	This is needed so that it can be accessed by ChLoaderVolumeGravity.

Public Member Functions inherited from chrono::fea::ChElementGeneric
ChKblockGeneric &	Kstiffness ()
	Access the proxy to stiffness, for sparse solver.

virtual void	EleIntLoadResidual_F (ChVectorDynamic<> &R, const double c) override
	(This is a default (a bit unoptimal) book keeping so that in children classes you can avoid implementing this EleIntLoadResidual_F function, unless you need faster code)

virtual void	EleIntLoadResidual_Mv (ChVectorDynamic<> &R, const ChVectorDynamic<> &w, const double c) override
	(This is a default (VERY UNOPTIMAL) book keeping so that in children classes you can avoid implementing this EleIntLoadResidual_Mv function, unless you need faster code.)

virtual void	InjectKRMmatrices (ChSystemDescriptor &mdescriptor) override
	Tell to a system descriptor that there are item(s) of type ChKblock in this object (for further passing it to a solver)

virtual void	KRMmatricesLoad (double Kfactor, double Rfactor, double Mfactor) override
	Adds the current stiffness K and damping R and mass M matrices in encapsulated ChKblock item(s), if any. More...

virtual void	VariablesFbLoadInternalForces (double factor=1.) override
	Adds the internal forces, expressed as nodal forces, into the encapsulated ChVariables, in the 'fb' part: qf+=forces*factor (This is a default (a bit unoptimal) book keeping so that in children classes you can avoid implementing this VariablesFbLoadInternalForces function, unless you need faster code)

virtual void	VariablesFbIncrementMq () override
	Adds M*q (internal masses multiplied current 'qb') to Fb, ex. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from chrono::fea::ChElementBase
virtual void	ComputeNodalMass ()
	Compute element's nodal masses.

virtual void	EleDoIntegration ()
	This is optionally implemented if there is some internal state that requires integration.

Public Member Functions inherited from chrono::ChLoadableUVW
virtual bool	IsTetrahedronIntegrationNeeded ()
	If true, use quadrature over u,v,w in [0..1] range as tetrahedron volumetric coords (with z=1-u-v-w) otherwise use default quadrature over u,v,w in [-1..+1] as box isoparametric coords.

virtual bool	IsTrianglePrismIntegrationNeeded ()
	If true, use quadrature over u,v in [0..1] range as triangle natural coords (with z=1-u-v), and use linear quadrature over w in [-1..+1], otherwise use default quadrature over u,v,w in [-1..+1] as box isoparametric coords.

Friends
class	Brick_ForceAnalytical

class	Brick_ForceNumerical

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Attributes inherited from chrono::fea::ChElementGeneric
ChKblockGeneric	Kmatr

Member Function Documentation

◆ ComputeNF()

void chrono::fea::ChElementBrick::ComputeNF	(	const double	U,
		const double	V,
		const double	W,
		ChVectorDynamic<> &	Qi,
		double &	detJ,
		const ChVectorDynamic<> &	F,
		ChVectorDynamic<> *	state_x,
		ChVectorDynamic<> *	state_w
	)

overridevirtual

Evaluate N'*F , where N is some type of shape function evaluated at U,V,W coordinates of the volume, each ranging in -1..+1 F is a load, N'*F is the resulting generalized load Returns also det[J] with J=[dx/du,..], that might be useful in gauss quadrature.

Parameters

U	parametric coordinate in volume
V	parametric coordinate in volume
W	parametric coordinate in volume
Qi	Return result of N'*F here, maybe with offset block_offset
detJ	Return det[J] here
F	Input F vector, size is = n.field coords.
state_x	if != 0, update state (pos. part) to this, then evaluate Q
state_w	if != 0, update state (speed part) to this, then evaluate Q

Implements chrono::ChLoadableUVW.

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

/builds/uwsbel/chrono/src/chrono/fea/ChElementBrick.h
/builds/uwsbel/chrono/src/chrono/fea/ChElementBrick.cpp

Description

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Friends

Additional Inherited Members

Member Function Documentation

◆ ComputeNF()