Shape functions

Chhavi
Chhavi Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

I am looking to study the shape functions used by hypermesh for its elements, specifically tetrahedral elements?

 

Anyone know where I can find this information?

 

Thanks and regards

Chhavi

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  • Q.Nguyen-Dai
    Q.Nguyen-Dai Altair Community Member
    edited June 2020

    Altair's Optistruct is based on Nastran. So any textbook of Nastran should be ok for you on this point.

  • Koushik Chandrashekhar_21806
    Koushik Chandrashekhar_21806
    Altair Employee
    edited June 2020

    Hi,

     

    The following videos from Altair University briefly talk about shape functions.

     


     

     


     

  • Chhavi
    Chhavi Altair Community Member
    edited June 2020
    Altair Forum User said:

    Altair's Optistruct is based on Nastran. So any textbook of Nastran should be ok for you on this point.

    Thanks for this tip. Do you have an recommendations?

     

  • Chhavi
    Chhavi Altair Community Member
    edited June 2020
    Altair Forum User said:

    Hi,

     

    The following videos from Altair University briefly talk about shape functions.

     


     

     


     

    Thanks! But I couldnt find any information of the shape functions in these videos

  • Q.Nguyen-Dai
    Q.Nguyen-Dai Altair Community Member
    edited June 2020

    @Chhavi : maybe the following page gives you some idea?

    https://www.iue.tuwien.ac.at/phd/orio/node48.html

     

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