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Twenty-node brick element (C3D20 and F3D20)

The C3D20 element is a general purpose quadratic brick element (3x3x3 integration points). The shape functions can be found in [28]. The node numbering follows the convention of Figure 30 and the integration scheme is given in Figure 31.

Figure 30: 20-node brick element
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Figure 31: 3x3x3 integration point scheme in hexahedral elements
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This is an excellent element for linear elastic calculations. Due to the location of the integration points, stress concentrations at the surface of a structure are well captured. However, for nonlinear calculations the elements exhibits the same disadvantages as the C3D8 element, albeit to a much lesser extent:

The F3D20 element is the corresponding fluid element.


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guido dhondt 2010-02-21