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Gauss Integration Points

Carlos Adir edited this page Dec 14, 2020 · 3 revisions

Elements in 2D

For integrate, we are going to use two geometries: for a triangle(T3 or T6) and for a square(Q4 or Q8). If you don't know about the Base Elements' Geometry, we strongly recommend you to see it before.

Triangle

1 Point 3 points 4 points
Number Points Weight
1 (0, 0) 1/2
(1/6, 1/6) 1/6
3 (2/3, 1/6) 1/6
(1/6, 2/3) 1/6
(1/5, 1/5) 25/96
4 (3/5, 1/5) 25/96
(1/5, 3/5) 25/96
(1/3, 1/3) -9/32

Quadrangle

1 Point 4 points 9 points
Number Points Weight
1 (0, 0) 4
(-a, -a) 1
4 (a, -a) 1
(-a, a) 1
(a, a) 1
(-b, -b) 25/81
(0, -b) 40/81
(b, -b) 25/81
(-b, 0) 40/81
9 (0, 0) 64/81
(b, 0) 40/81
(-b, b) 25/81
(0, b) 40/81
(b, b) 25/81

Where a = 1/sqrt(3) and b = sqrt(3/5)

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