function element_node = grid_t4_element ( nelemx, nelemy ) %% GRID_T4_ELEMENT produces an element grid of pairs of 4 node triangles. % % Example: % % Input: % % NELEMX = 3, NELEMY = 2 % % Output: % % ELEMENT_NODE = % 1, 2, 5; % 6, 5, 2; % 2, 3, 6; % 7, 6, 3; % 3, 4, 7; % 8, 7, 4; % 5, 6, 9; % 10, 9, 6; % 6, 7, 10; % 11, 10, 7; % 7, 8, 11; % 12, 11, 8. % % Grid: % % 21---22---23---24 % |\18 |\19 |\20 | % | \ | \ | \ | % | \ | \ | \ | % | 15\| 16\| 17\| % 11---12---13---14 % |\ 8 |\ 9 |\10 | % | \ | \ | \ | % | \ | \ | \ | % | 5 \| 6\| 7\| % 1----2----3----4 % % Reference Element T4: % % | % 1 3 % | |\ % | | \ % S | \ % | | 4 \ % | | \ % 0 1-----2 % | % +--0--R--1--> % % Modified: % % 15 February 2006 % % Author: % % John Burkardt % % Parameters: % % Input, integer NELEMX, NELEMY, the number of elements along the % X and Y directions. The number of elements generated will be % 2 * NELEMX * NELEMY. % % Output, integer ELEMENT_NODE(4,2*NELEMX*NELEMY), the nodes that form % each element. % node_num = 4; % % Node labeling: % % NW----NE % |\ | % | \NC| % |SC\ | % | \| % SW---SE % element = 0; for j = 1 : nelemy for i = 1 : nelemx sw = i + ( j - 1 ) * ( 3 * nelemx + 1 ); se = sw + 1; sc = sw + nelemx + 1; nc = sw + 2 * nelemx + 1; nw = sw + 3 * nelemx + 1; ne = sw + 3 * nelemx + 2; element = element + 1; element_node(1,element) = sw; element_node(2,element) = se; element_node(3,element) = nw; element_node(4,element) = sc; element = element + 1; element_node(1,element) = ne; element_node(2,element) = nw; element_node(3,element) = se; element_node(4,element) = nc; end end