DATA SET 7. NODAL POINT COORDINATE

Coordinates for NNP nodes are needed if KSTR = 0. Usually a total of NNP records are required. However, if a group of subsequent nodes appear in regular pattern, automatic generation can be made. Each record contains the following variables and is FREE-FORMATTED. All the variables are specified regardless of problem dimensionality. For one-dimensional problems, only XNI and XAD are used. For two-dimensional problems, XNI, ZNI, XAD, and ZAD are used.

1. NI = Node number of the first node in the sequence.

2. NSEQ = NSEQ subsequent nodes will be automatically generated.

3. NAD = Increment of node number for each of the NSEQ subsequent nodes.

4. XNI = x-coordinate of node NI, (L).

5. YNI = y-coordinate of node NI, (L).

6. ZNI = z-coordinate of node NI, (L).

7. XAD = Increment of x-coordinate for each of the NSEQ subsequent nodes, (L).

8. YAD = Increment of y-coordinate for each of the NSEQ subsequent nodes, (L).

9. ZAD = Increment of z-coordinate for each of the NSEQ subsequent nodes, (L).

NOTE: A record with 9 0's must be used to signal the end of this data set.
Return to MurfMd home page.
Back to data set 6: Soil property.
On to data set 8: Element connectivity.