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I am translating into English the technical documentation concerning Finite Element Analysis. I have come up against several problems. Although I have monolingual dictionaries of civil engineering and computing, it is very difficult to find the exact technical terms in English. Could you, please, help me and answer two questions.
Question 1.
How to call in English ‘a one dimensional two node finite element that has six degrees of freedom at each node and is directed in an arbitrary way’?
(I am not sure whether it is bar, rod, beam, beam element, member, or something else)
Question 2.
In the computer program we have three main stages:
1. Pre-Processor – allows to prepare finite element input data, that is to develop the geometry of a finite element model, enter physical and material properties, apply boundary conditions and loads
2. Processor (or Solver Engine) – numerical procedures for Finite Element Analysis (composing and solving the sets of equations)
3. Post-Processor – the process of evaluating the results of a finite element analysis through numerical and/or graphical manipulations.
How to call the second stage of the program: ‘Processor’, ‘Solver engine’ or something else?
Because Oxford Dictionary of Computing registers the word ‘processor’ as the synonym for ‘CPU’ (central processing unit) and it is hardware. Is it possible to use it as a part of software?
Thank you in advance for your help.
I am translating into English the technical documentation concerning Finite Element Analysis. I have come up against several problems. Although I have monolingual dictionaries of civil engineering and computing, it is very difficult to find the exact technical terms in English. Could you, please, help me and answer two questions.
Question 1.
How to call in English ‘a one dimensional two node finite element that has six degrees of freedom at each node and is directed in an arbitrary way’?
(I am not sure whether it is bar, rod, beam, beam element, member, or something else)
Question 2.
In the computer program we have three main stages:
1. Pre-Processor – allows to prepare finite element input data, that is to develop the geometry of a finite element model, enter physical and material properties, apply boundary conditions and loads
2. Processor (or Solver Engine) – numerical procedures for Finite Element Analysis (composing and solving the sets of equations)
3. Post-Processor – the process of evaluating the results of a finite element analysis through numerical and/or graphical manipulations.
How to call the second stage of the program: ‘Processor’, ‘Solver engine’ or something else?
Because Oxford Dictionary of Computing registers the word ‘processor’ as the synonym for ‘CPU’ (central processing unit) and it is hardware. Is it possible to use it as a part of software?
Thank you in advance for your help.