Using 3x3 matrix to create 21x21 matrix
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I have built a 3x3 matrix using the code below
EA = 1;
h = 1;
F = @(xi)(xi-0.5).*(xi-0.5)
k(1,1) =EA/h* 2*quad(F, -1, 1)
F = @(xi)(xi-0.5).*(-2*xi)
k(1,2) = EA/h* 2*quad(F, -1, 1)
F = @(xi)(xi-0.5).*(xi+0.5)
k(1,3) = EA/h* 2*quad(F, -1, 1)
F = @(xi)(-2*xi).*(-2*xi)
k(2,2) =EA/h* 2*quad(F, -1, 1)
F = @(xi)(xi+0.5).*(-2*xi)
k(2,3) = EA/h*2*quad(F, -1, 1)
F = @(xi)(xi+0.5).*(xi+0.5)
k(3,3) = EA/h*2*quad(F, -1, 1)
k(2,1) = k(1,2)
k(3,1) = k(1,3)
k(3,2) = k(2,3)
I want to use the 3x3 matrix above to create a 21x21 matrix following the pattern below

the overlapped elements should be added together, the numbers not in the 3x3 matrix are zero in the bigger matrix...k(4,1)=0 etc..
10 3x3 matrices should be used
I want to use a for loop unless there's another method
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Walter Roberson
on 11 Nov 2019
This was recently discussed in https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/489626-adding-matrices-to-make-bigger-matrix
It is a lot easier and clearer to loop building up the matrix, at least in the case where the different matrices on the diagonal are different.
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