Area
Calculates the shell area.
Inputs
- elems
- An element entity table.
- coords
- A coordinate vector value table.
Outputs
- answer
- A scalar value table.
Comments
- Only shell elements are processed.
- If the answer scalar table is bound to nodes, the nodal shell area will be calculated; otherwise, the shell area will be calculated.
- All vectors in coords must be relative to the global system.
- Nodal shell area is the sum of element area divided by the number of nodes per element for all adjacent elements.
Syntax
Area(elem,coords)XML Example
<call name="Area" elems="elem_tab" coords="coord_tab"
answer="ans_tab" />