GQ12

Quadrilateral With Drilling DoFs

• Number of Nodes: 4

• Number of DoFs: 3 (Translation, Translation, Rotation)

• DoF Label: U1, U2, UR3

• Supports Body Force

• Integration Scheme: 2nd Order Gauss

• Constant Consistent Mass Matrix With Same Order Integration

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References

1. 10.1016/0045-7949(94)90356-5

Syntax

element GQ12 (1) (2...5) (6) [7]
# (1) int, unique element tag
# (2...5) int, node i, j, k, l
# (6) int, material tag
# [7] double, element thickness, default: 1.0