FEM_BASIS_T3_DISPLAY
Display a T3 Finite Element Basis Function


FEM_BASIS_T3_DISPLAY, a MATLAB program which reads data defining a linear triangular ("T3") mesh and displays the basis function associated with any node in the mesh.

The entire mesh is shown (which could be a problem for large meshes!). However, a finite element basis function is nonzero over only a relatively small number of elements. Over each one of these elements, the basis function is linear, and it is simple to represent such a shape graphically.

The best part of the presentation is that MATLAB allows the user to turn the plot or zoom in and out, which makes it much easier to understand the information that is being presented.

The triangular mesh is defined by a node file containing the coordinates of nodes, and an element file containing sets of the nodes that make up each element

Usage:

fem_basis_t3_display ( 'prefix' )
where The program queries the user for a node index and then displays the basis function corresponding to that node.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

FEM_BASIS_T3_DISPLAY is available in a MATLAB version.

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fem_basis_t3_display_test

FEM_BASIS_T4_DISPLAY, a MATLAB program which displays a basis function associated with a 4-node triangle "T4" mesh.

FEM_BASIS_T6_DISPLAY, a MATLAB program which displays a basis function associated with a 6-node triangle "T6" mesh.

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FEM2D_PACK, a MATLAB library which is useful for 2D finite element calculations.

FEM2D_POISSON, a MATLAB program which solves Poisson's equation on a square, using the finite element method.

FEM2D_SAMPLE, a MATLAB library which evaluates a finite element function defined on an order 3 or order 6 triangulation.

POLYGONAL_SURFACE_DISPLAY, a MATLAB program which reads two files defining a polygonal surface and displays it within MATLAB.

QUAD_SURFACE_DISPLAY, a MATLAB program which reads files defining a 3D quadrilateral mesh surface and displays it within MATLAB.

TET_MESH_DISPLAY, a MATLAB program which can read in the node and tetra files defining a tet mesh and display a wireframe image.

TRI_SURFACE_DISPLAY, a MATLAB program which reads data defining a triangular mesh of a 3D surface and displays it.

TRIANGLE, a C program which computes a triangulation of a geometric region.

TRIANGULATION_DISPLAY_OPENGL, a C++ program which reads files defining a triangulation and displays an image using Open GL.

TRIANGULATION_ORDER6, a directory which contains a description and examples of order 6 triangulations.

TRIANGULATION_ORDER6_CONTOUR, a MATLAB program which can make contours of a scalar quantity defined on the nodes of an order 6 triangulation.

TRIANGULATION_PLOT, a MATLAB program which creates an EPS image of a triangulation.

Reference:

  1. Klaus-Juergen Bathe,
    Finite Element Procedures,
    Prentice Hall, 1996.
  2. Eric Becker, Graham Carey, John Oden,
    Finite Elements, An Introduction, Volume I,
    Prentice-Hall, 1981.
  3. Herbert Edelsbrunner,
    Geometry and Topology for Mesh Generation,
    Cambridge, 2001,
    LC: QA377.E36,
    ISBN: 0-521-79309-2.
  4. Max Gunzburger,
    Finite Element Methods for Viscous Incompressible Flows,
    A Guide to Theory, Practice, and Algorithms,
    Academic Press, 1989,
    LC: TA357.G86.
  5. Gilbert Strang, George Fix,
    An Analysis of the Finite Element Method,
    Prentice Hall, 1973,
    LC: TA335.S77.

Source code


Last revised on 01 May 2019.