Element

class +AMrotorSIM.+Rotor.+FEMRotor.+Element.Element(name, node1, node2, material)

Bases: sphinxcontrib.mat_types.handle

Superclass (abstract) for different element formulations for FEA

See also AMrotorSIM.Rotor.FEMRotor.Element.TimoshenkoLinearElement

radius_outer = None

geometrical moment of inertia (polar)

Element(name, node1, node2, material)

Constructor

set_dof_number(direction)

Assigns numbers to formulated (char) directions

Parameters

direction (char) – Directions (‘u_x’,’u_y’,’u_z’,’psi_x’,’psi_y’,’psi_z’)

Returns

Corresponding number (num(‘u_y’)=2, or num(‘psi_x’)=4)