Solid elements

[Noirom84]

Hi

For many of you this question might be trivial...but...

Can anyone simple explain me why solid elements (C3D8, C3d10, ect) don't have rotational degree of freedom?

Regards

 

[johnhors]

The element formulation for solids does not consider rotational degrees of freedoms. Really you should go to a text book on the theory if you want an in depth answer!