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Eight node plane strain element (CPE8 and CPE8R)

The eight node plane strain element is a general purpose plane strain element. It is actually a special case of plane stress element: the treatise of the previous section also applies here. In addition we have:

Plane strain elements are used to model a slice of a very long structure, e.g. of a dam.



Guido Dhondt 2003-08-06