matlab code for finding nodal stress, strain from elemental stress, strain in finite eleement analysis

Problem: finite eleement analysis

Q8 8 node quadrilateral element with 8x8 mesh

calculated the elemental strain and stress for 4 gauss points

i want to calculate nodal strain and nodal stress

[Dyuman Joshi]

As this is clearly a homework assignment, show us the code you've written to try to solve the problem and ask a specific question about where you're having difficulty and we may be able to provide some guidance.

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[satish]

Dyuman

below is the code but my shape fucntion size(1x8) and strain size(3x4)

but facing diffculty in multiplication.

can you check

% Assuming you have the following matrices:

% gaussStrains: Elemental strains (64 elements x 4 Gauss points x 8 nodes)

% N: Shape functions (8 nodes x 4 Gauss points)

% Number of nodes, Gauss points, and elements

numNodes = 8;

numGaussPoints = 4;

numElements = 64;

% Initialize matrix to store nodal strains for all elements

nodalStrains = zeros(numNodes, numElements);

% Transpose the shape functions matrix N for correct matrix multiplication

N_transposed = N';

% Loop over all elements

for elem = 1:numElements

% Loop over all nodes

for node = 1:numNodes

% Extract the shape functions for the current node

Ni = N_transposed(:, node);

% Extract the elemental strains for the current node

elementalStrains = squeeze(gaussStrains(elem, :, node));

% Interpolate the elemental strains to nodal strain

nodalStrains(node, elem) = Ni' * elementalStrains;

end

end

% Display the result

disp('Nodal strains for all elements:');

disp(nodalStrains);

[Matt J]

Also, you should realize that not everyone who reads the post will recognize your terminology, and realize you are talking about finite element analysis. Adding suitable prefaces and tags to your post to indicate the subject matter can help draw a more knowledgeable audience.

[satish]

it is finite element analysis