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There are four nodes at the corners of the quadrilateral shape (Fig.21). In the natural coordinate system (ξ, η), the four shape functions are:

 

 

 

 

 

                                                     

The displacement field is given by:

 

                                                 

which are bilinear functions over the element.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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