Eyeshot 11 WPF API Reference
WPF Assembly / devDept.Eyeshot.Fem Namespace / Element Class
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    Element Class Members
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    The following tables list the members exposed by Element.

    Protected Constructors
     NameDescription
    Protected Internal ConstructorOverloaded.   
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    Public Fields
     NameDescription
    Public Field Element's nodes indices.  
    Public Field Number of degrees of freedom at each node.  
    Public Field Element's number of nodes.  
    Public Field  
    Public Field Total number of degrees of freedom per element: NumberOfDofPerNode * NumberOfNodes  
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    Protected Fields
     NameDescription
    Protected Field Strain-Displacement matrix.  
    Protected Internal Field Element face array.  
    Protected Field StiffnessMatrix matrix.  
    Protected Field Element's material.  
    Protected Field Number of dimensions in model.  
    Protected Field Number of gauss points per element.  
    Protected Field Number of stresses per node.  
    Protected Field Element's stress matrix.  
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    Public Properties
     NameDescription
    Public Property Gets element faces.  
    Public Property Gets or set the material of this element.  
    Public Property Gets or sets element's principal stresses (defined as double [numberOfNodes, 3]).  
    Public Property Stiffness matrix.  
    Public Property Gets or sets element's stresses (defined as double [numberOfNodes, numberOfStressesPerNode]).  
    Public Property Gets or sets element's VonMises stress (defined as double [numberOfNodes]).  
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    Public Methods
     NameDescription
    Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded.  Computes VonMises and principal stresses.  
    Public Method Computes element's stiffness matrix.  
    Public Method Computes element's stresses.  
    Public Method Computes element's load derived from thermal expansion.  
    Public Method Creates a deep copy of this element.  
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    Public MethodOverloaded.   
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    Public Method Fixes all degrees of freedom of all the nodes of one edge (or face).  
    Public Method Fixes the desired degrees of freedom of all the nodes of one edge (or face).  
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    Public Method Refine the Element objects.  
    Public MethodOverloaded.  Loads an edge or a face of the element given a pressure vector.  
    Public Method Sets a fixed displacement on all the nodes of one edge (or face).  
    Public Method Sets a fixed displacement along the X degree of freedom on all the nodes of one edge (or face).  
    Public Method Sets a fixed displacement along the Y degree of freedom on all the nodes of one edge (or face).  
    Public Method Sets a fixed displacement along the Z degree of freedom on all the nodes of one edge (or face).  
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    Public MethodUpdates the VonMises and Principal (P1, P2, P3) stresses using the Stress array as input.  
    Public Methodstatic (Shared in Visual Basic)Overloaded.  Returns XC = (X2 + X4 + X6 + X8)/2 - (X1 + X3 + X5 + X7)/4  
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    Protected Methods
     NameDescription
    Protected Method  
    Protected MethodOverloaded.   
    Protected MethodOverloaded.   
    Protected MethodOverloaded.   
    Protected MethodOverloaded.   
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    Protected Method 1) Construct the UPPER triangle of the stiffness matrix 2) Transform the stiffness for any local coordinates 3) Determines the lower and upper element connection indices  
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