Re: [femm] Triangulation!

[David Meeker <dmeeker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

celia lauar wrote:

> David,
> Why does FEMM use triangles?
> Why not square?
> Célia.

It's easier to mesh arbitrary shapes with first-order triangles. There are fairly simple,
closed-form expressions for the element matrices with first order triangles, whereas things can be
messier with higher-order elements. It's easier to formulate the algorithm for nonlinear problems
with first-order triangles.

Dave.




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