Parabolic Pentahedron

Parabolic pentahedron (WE15) is a fifteen-nodes solid element.

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Solid Property
Attributes
Type solid element
Physical property solid
Mesh connectivity WE15
Number of nodes 15
Degrees of freedom (per node) 3 (3 translations)
Type of behavior elastic



This element has eight gauss points:

P1 (0,1667 ; 0,1667 ; 0,577)

P2 (0,6667 ; 0,1667 ; 0,577)

P3 (0,1667 ; 0,6667 ; 0,577)

P4 (0,1667 ; 0,1667 ; -0,577)

P5 (0,6667 ; 0,1667 ; -0,577)

P6 (0,1667 ; 0,6667 ; -0,577)

There are only three translations.