MembraneElement

class compas_fea2.model.MembraneElement

Bases: _Element2D

A shell element that resists only axial loads.

Notes

Membrane elements are used to represent thin surfaces in space that offer strength in the plane of the element but have no bending stiffness; for example, the thin rubber sheet that forms a balloon. In addition, they are often used to represent thin stiffening components in solid structures, such as a reinforcing layer in a continuum.

Inherited Methods

ToString	Converts the instance to a string.
clear_frame	Clear the local frame, reverting to GLOBAL_FRAME.
copy	Make an independent copy of the data object.
direction_cosines	Return local axes expressed as global vectors (x, y, z).
from_json	Construct an object of this type from a JSON file.
from_jsonstring	Construct an object of this type from a JSON string.
is_axis_aligned	Return True if local frame coincides with GLOBAL frame within tolerance.
sha256	Compute a hash of the data for comparison during version control using the sha256 algorithm.
stress_results	Get the stress results for the element.
to_global_point	Convert a local point to the global frame.
to_global_vector	Convert a local vector to the global frame.
to_json	Convert an object to its native data representation and save it to a JSON file.
to_jsonstring	Convert an object to its native data representation and save it to a JSON string.
to_local_point	Convert a global point to the local frame.
to_local_vector	Convert a global vector to the local frame.
transform_to	Get the transformation from this object's local frame to another frame.
validate_data	Validate the data against the object's data schema.