Hypermesh 2

[nbetan]

What?

• Add the functionality to use edge elements to define fluxes and distributed forces
• Read edge elements from Hypermesh file, but these parameters can be defined in the ConfigFile as well
• Add the functionality to define sets on Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions

  Why?

• To reduce the manual input required to impose fluxes and distributed fluxes
• To improve the capabilities related to the imposition of boundary conditions

  How?

• New data obtained from Hypermesh related to edge elements and sets on boundary conditions
• Use of boundary integrals to compute fluxes and distributed forces

  Testing?

• New test: Borehole subjected to internal pressure

  Anything Else?

• The functionality to compute the influence of fluxes on difussion-type problems is there, but it has not been tested.
• Traction force method used before has not been deleted and remains as a comment in the code getF

[nbetan]

• Notes on implementation:
  • modification: correction to MasterConfigFile and ThermalConfigFile runs
• Notes on legibility and style
  • modification: Name of Normal_traction.m changed to GetBoundaryNormal.m
  • comment: If the new variables required for the computation of tractions are not initialized in the configFile, they are created in setDefaults. When that happens, a warning appears saying that a new variable was created. To avoid having this warning appear in each test case, these variables were initialized in each of them.
  • modification: Explanation on Newmann BC methods maintained only in MasterConfigFile