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A general three dimensional shape function of nth order complete polynomial is given by
uxyzxyzxxz
vxyzxyzxxz
wxyzxyzxz
m
n
mmmmmm
n
mmmmm
n
, , ...
, , ...
, , ...

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21
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2
2
1
212223243
1
(5.9)
or x y z
uxyz
vxyz
wxyz
G
G
G
G
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,,
,,
,,

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1
1
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(5.10)
Where G1 = [1 x y z x2 xy y2 yz z2 zx zn zn-1x zxn-1]

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and T
m 1 2 3 ... 3
It may be observed that a complete nth order polynomial in three dimensional case is having number of
terms m given by the expression
m
nnn

1 2 3
6

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