OOF: Finite Element Analysis of Microstructures
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/initialize/uniform variables
- nx
- The number of element edges to create in the
(horizontal)
direction.
Default: 20.
- ny
- The number of element edges to create in the
(vertical)
direction.
Default: 20.
- width
- The width of the rectangle in the same system
of units that elastic parameters will be specified.
The thickness (out-of-screen) physical dimension is assumed to
be one, so all results (or scale moduli appropriately) should
be interpreted with this in mind.
Default: 1.
See section 4.4 for more discussion about units.
- height
- The height of the rectangle in physical units.
Default: 1.
- diagonals
- A choice variable for how to draw the diagonals in
each rectangle.
Choices are:
liberal (all diagonals point to the left);
conservative (all diagonals point to the right);
moderate (half liberal, half conservative);
and anarchic (randomly assigned diagonals);
Default: liberal
- interior_nodes
- A choice variable for which types of degrees
of freedom are allowed at the interior nodes. Choices: 1) xy
(both degrees of freedom) 2) linear (allow movement along a
general line only. We once thought this was useful but have forgotten
why. The linear node maintains its own coordinate system. Initially
the nodes' and axes are lined up with the screen axes, but
when a shear distortion is applied the axes rotate
(Section 3.27). The boundary conditions are applied
in the node's coordinate system (Section 3.6). For
example, if the nodes on the bottom edge of the grid are linear nodes,
a yshear distortion has been applied, and the nodes have been
fixed in y, then during equilibration they can move only along the
line
. ) Default: xy
- boundary_nodes
- A choice variable for which types of degrees of freedom are allowed at the boundary (edges of the rectangle) nodes. Same choices as interior_nodes. Default: xy
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