3.1.10.20. stdBrick Element

This command is used to construct an eight-node brick element object, which uses the standard isoparametric formulation.

Command

element stdBrick $eleTag $node1 $node2 $node3 $node4 $node5 $node6 $node7 $node8 $matTag <$b1 $b2 $b3>

Argument	Type	Description
$eleTag	integer	unique element object tag
$node1 .. $node8	8 integer	nodes of brick (ordered as shown in fig below)
$matTag	integer	tag of nDMaterial
$b1 $b2 $b3	list float	optional: body forces in global x y z directions

Fig. 3.1.10.21 stdBrick Element Node Numbering

Note

The valid queries to a Brick element when creating an ElementRecorder object are ‘forces’, ‘stresses,’ (‘strains’ version > 2.2.0) and ‘material $matNum matArg1 matArg2 …’ Where $matNum refers to the material object at the integration point corresponding to the node numbers in the isoparametric domain.

This element can only be defined after a Section 3.1.1 with -ndm 3 -ndf 3

Example

The following example constructs a brick element with tag 1 between nodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 with an nDMaterial of tag 1 and body forces given by varaiables b1, b2, b3.

1. Tcl Code

element stdBrick 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 $b1 $b2 $b3

2. Python Code

element('stdBrick',1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1, b1, b2, b3)

Code Developed by: Edward Love, Sandia National Laboratories