Parabolic Hexahedron

Parabolic Hexahedron is a twenty-nodes solid element.

Type

solid element

Physical property

solid

Mesh connectivity

HE20

Number of nodes

20

Degrees of freedom
(per node)

3 (translations)

Type of behavior

elastic

This element has eight gauss points:

P1 (0,5774 ; 0,5774 ; 0,5774)             P2 (0,5774 ; 0,5774 ; -0,5774)

P3 (0,5774 ; -0,5774 ; 0,5774)           P4 (0,5774 ; -0,5774 ; -0,5774)

P5 (-0,5774 ; 0,5774 ; 0,5774)           P6 (-0,5774 ; 0,5774 ; -0,5774)

P7 (-0,5774 ; -0,5774 ; 0,5774)          P8 (-0,5774 ; -0,5774 ; -0,5774)

There are only three translations.