Surface

Model.surface(split, element, args, points=None, name=None, **kwds)

Create a surface mesh of elements in the current model.

Parameters:

• split – tuple of integers The number of elements in the local \(x\) and \(y\) directions.

• element – str The name of the element type to use.

• args – tuple or dict, The arguments to pass to the element constructor.

• points – list of tuples The coordinates of the points in the mesh.

• name – str The name of the mesh.

• kwds – dict The keyword arguments to pass to the element constructor.

• order – int The order of the elements to use.

• shape – str The shape of the elements to use. Can be “Q” for quadrilateral or “T” for triangular.

Returns:

Surface

This method is analogous to the Create_Block utility of FEDEASLab.

Examples

The following snippet is part of this example on the STAIRLab gallery. It creates a \(8 \times 4\) mesh of linear (order = 1) quadrilateral elements.

import xara
model = xara.Model(ndm=2, ndf=2)
mesh = model.surface((8, 4),
              element="Quad",
              args={"section": 1},
              order=1,
              points={
                1: [  0.0,   0.0],
                2: [   L,    0.0],
                3: [   L,     d ],
                4: [  0.0,    d ]
        })

For a more complex example, visit the wrench example on the STAIRLab gallery.