[CIG-SHORT] Q8 Elements can't run in Pylith

[Matthew Knepley]

On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 2:26 AM, Charles Williams <willic3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Xiao,
>
> The Q8 element isn’t yet implemented in PyLith, although it should be
> available in an upcoming release.  At present, only linear elements are
> supported.
>

I will also note that we will not need anything from the mesh generator for
this (and what they do is incredibly dumb
anyway), so you will be able to use the same meshes for Q8 as Q4.

   Matt


> Cheers,
> Charles
>
> On 23/05/2014, at 6:48 pm, Ma, Xiao <xiaoma5 at illinois.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I figure out how to implement Q8 element in Trelis, however after I
> generate the mesh with Q8 elements, the Pylith gives the error 'Topology
> can't  for cohesive cell' , I used to run with Q4 elements just fine, is
> this because of the addition nodes on the edges? Should I change something
> in the cohesive formulation?
> Thank you
> Xiao
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