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The total number of dofs in quadrilateral element is ______

(a) thirty six

(b) eighteen

(c) twenty four

(d) forty two

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Asked question is from Conjugate Gradient Implementation of Quadrilateral Element topic in chapter Two Dimensional Isoparametric Elements and Numerical Integration of Finite Element Method

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Right choice is (c) twenty four

Explanation: Number of dofs per node=6

Number of nodes in quadrilateral element=4

Total number of dofs=6*4=24

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