


GETJACOBIAN - computes the jacobian for a beamelem
Usage:
J=GetJacobian(beamelem,z_list,gauss_coord)
See also GETJACOBIANDETERMINANT, GETJACOBIANINVERT

0001 function J=GetJacobian(beamelem,z_list,gauss_coord) 0002 %GETJACOBIAN - computes the jacobian for a beamelem 0003 % 0004 % Usage: 0005 % J=GetJacobian(beamelem,z_list,gauss_coord) 0006 % 0007 % See also GETJACOBIANDETERMINANT, GETJACOBIANINVERT 0008 0009 %The Jacobian is constant over the element, discard the gaussian points. 0010 J=1/2*(z_list(2)-z_list(1));