The WELSIM application supports several types of finite elements. This section discuss the details of element that is used in the program.
Element type
Finite element type
Description
Plane element (Shell)
Tri3
Three node triangular element
Plane element (Shell)
Tri6
Six node triangular element(quadratic)
Solid element
Tet4
Four node tetrahedral element
Solid element
Tet10
Ten node tetrahedral element(quadratic)
The element groups shown in TableĀ [tab:ch4_theory_elem_types] can be used for engineering analysis. The schematic views and the surface definition of those elements are given in FiguresĀ [fig:ch4_theory_elem_views], [fig:ch4_theory_elem_triangles], and [fig:ch4_theory_elem_tet].