[Gmsh] 6 nodes triangles elements

Christophe Geuzaine cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be
Wed Apr 29 08:35:52 CEST 2009


jean pierre aubry wrote:
> hello
>  
> is there a way to create 6 nodes triangles mesh elements?
>  
> (in code aster one can only perform buckling analysis on 7 nodes 
> triangles elements
> which can be built from 6 nodes elements within aster but not from 3 
> nodes triangles)
>  
> further more i must have a 3 nodes beam element lying on some plates 
> elements edges
>  
> i tried second order meshing option but it does not give the right answer
>  
> any tricks??


The second order mesh is exactly what you want... What do you mean by 
"does not give the right answer"?



>  
> thanks
>  
> jean pierre
> 
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