CrossNode class

This class defines a node of a continuous beam for the Cross Process.

See definition of CrossSolver class.

Contents

Author

Luiz Fernando Martha

History

@version 1.00

Initial version: August 2026

Initially prepared for the course CIV 2801 - Fundamentos de Computação Gráfica, 2026, second term, Department of Civil Engineering, PUC-Rio.

Class definition

classdef CrossNode < handle

See documentation onhandle super-class.

Public attributes

    properties (SetAccess = public, GetAccess = public)
        dl = 0;            % left moment distribution coefficient
        dr = 0;            % right moment distribution coefficient
        tl = 0;            % left moment carry-over (transmission) factor
        tr = 0;            % right moment carry-over (transmission) factor
        rot = 0;           % node rotation
    end

Constructor method

    methods
        %------------------------------------------------------------------
        function node = CrossNode(dl,dr,tl,tr,rot)
            if (nargin > 0)
                node.dl = dl;
                node.dr = dr;
                node.tl = tl;
                node.tr = tr;
                node.rot = rot;
            end
        end
    end

Public methods

    methods
        %------------------------------------------------------------------
        % Cleans data structure of a CrossNode object.
        function node = clean(node)
            node.dl = 0;
            node.dr = 0;
            node.tl = 0;
            node.tr = 0;
            node.rot = 0;
        end
    end

end

Published with MATLAB® R2026a