Input Data

Revision as of 10:13, 5 May 2008

The current input data consist of five archives with followin extensions:

• .node for the nodal coordinates
• .prop which containes the elemental properties
• .elem for elemental connectivities
• .cond containing conditions connectivities and node's fixed dofs
• .init for nodal initial values

Nodal Coordinates File

This file must have the .node extension with following format:

NODES = NodesList([
[NodeId,   X,   Y,   Z],
[NodeId,   X,   Y,   Z],
...
...
...
[NodeId,   X,   Y,   Z],
])

for example:

NODES = NodesList([
[1,   0.05000,   0.00000,   0.00000],
[2,   0.05000,   0.01000,   0.00000],
...
...
...
[1000,   0.00000,   1.00000,   0.00000]
])

The NodeIds can be noconsequtive and also not in order, however the ordered input can improve the reading time.