joelrob
Civil/Environmental
- Feb 3, 2003
- 6
Hi all,
I am examining a finite element program listing code (plane stress or strain analysis of solids), and I find a section where the programmer is talking about the 'elimintation of auxiliary degrees of freedom' when implementing the elementary matrices. Can anyone tell what this step
is for ? what do we mean by auxiliary dof's and why their elimination ? any references (books, articles) explaining that. This troubles me since this code gives results that are different form another code I wrote as well as two other cpmmercial FE codes in which I am more confident.
Thanks in advance.
I am examining a finite element program listing code (plane stress or strain analysis of solids), and I find a section where the programmer is talking about the 'elimintation of auxiliary degrees of freedom' when implementing the elementary matrices. Can anyone tell what this step
is for ? what do we mean by auxiliary dof's and why their elimination ? any references (books, articles) explaining that. This troubles me since this code gives results that are different form another code I wrote as well as two other cpmmercial FE codes in which I am more confident.
Thanks in advance.