
        <span class="comment">%------------------------------------------------------------------</span>
        <span class="comment">% Initializes the elements of the model with the corresponding</span>
        <span class="comment">% properties</span>
        <span class="keyword">function</span> initializeElements(this)
            <span class="comment">% Initialize the vector with the Element's objects</span>
            elements(this.nelem,1) = Element();

            <span class="comment">% Assemble