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Element Guide

1D Elements

CROD, CBEAM, and CBAR

2D Elements

CQUAD4 and CTRAI3

Rigid Elements

RBE2 and RBE3

References

  1. Richard H. MacNeal and others. The NASTRAN Theoretical Manual. NASA SP-221(06). Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1981.
  2. Robert D. Cook, David S. Malkus, Michael E. Plesha, Robert J. Witt. Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis, 4th Edition. Wiley, 2001.
  3. J. N. Reddy. An Introduction to the Finite Element Method, Third Edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2005.
  4. Timothy F. Walsh, Garth M. Reese, and Manoj K. Bhardwaj. Salinas Theory Manual Version 4.22. Sandia National Laboratories, 2011. DOI: 10.2172/1031884.