Element Mapping

Element Mapping = <char_string>

Description / Usage

This card allows the user to set the order of the finite element shape mapping between the canonical element and each physical element. Valid options for {char_string} are:

isoparametric	This choice sets the element order mapping to the highest order present in the problem. However, if a mesh displacement field is present, the element mapping order is the interpolation order of the mesh displacement field.
Q1	This choice sets the element mapping order to bilinear.
Q2	This choice sets the element mapping order to biquadratic.
SP	This choice sets the element mapping to order to subparametric.

Examples

Some text like this:

Element Mapping = isoparametric

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