Re: Aspect Ratios in the FEM

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From: Stefano Miccoli
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 16:32

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pa@verano.sba.ca.us (Pierre Asselin) writes:

>In <1992Oct22.191950.1@vax1.tcd.ie> ecahill@vax1.tcd.ie writes:

>>Can anyone tell me what the impact of element aspect ratios is
>>in Finite Element Analysis. 

>Bricks can have any aspect ratio.  Just don't shear them into
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>sharp-pointed parallelograms.
>(Caveat emptor.  I don't have the time to think of a proof
>--but I wouldn't be surprised if I'm right :-)

                  (stuff deleted)

>--Pierre Asselin, Santa Barbara, California
>  pa@verano.sba.ca.us

I suspect that very large aspect ratios could lead to ill-conditioned
stiffness matrices.

Regards, 
Stefano Miccoli, Milano, Italy

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