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The C3D6 element is a general purpose wedge element (2 integration points). The shape functions can be found in [1]. The node numbering follows the convention of Figure 60.
Figure 60:
6-node wedge element
![\begin{figure}\epsfig{file=C3D6.eps,width=10cm}\end{figure}](img215.png) |
This element is included for completeness, however, it is probably not
very well suited
for structural calculations unless a lot of them are used. Please use
the 15-node wedge element instead.
The F3D6 element is the corresponding fluid element.
guido dhondt
2014-03-02