gauss points coordinates

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afuribe0
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gauss points coordinates

Post by afuribe0 »

Hi, I need to know which are the coordinates of the gauss points in the quaElement. Thank you.
e.roknabadi
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Post by e.roknabadi »

in source code:

:Element (tag, ELE_TAG_FourNodeQuad),
theMaterial(0), connectedExternalNodes(4),
Q(8), pressureLoad(8), thickness(t), pressure(p), Ki(0)
{
pts[0][0] = -0.5773502691896258;
pts[0][1] = -0.5773502691896258;
pts[1][0] = 0.5773502691896258;
pts[1][1] = -0.5773502691896258;
pts[2][0] = 0.5773502691896258;
pts[2][1] = 0.5773502691896258;
pts[3][0] = -0.5773502691896258;
pts[3][1] = 0.5773502691896258;
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