FEM ElementGeometry2D

Beam rotation

Fluid section for 1D flow

FEM

FEM ElementGeometry2D
Menu location
Model → Element Geometry → Shell plate thickness
Workbenches
FEM
Default shortcut
C S
Introduced in version
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See also
FEM tutorial

Solvers
All

Description

ElementGeometry2D is used to define the thickness of 2D (shell and introduced in version 1.0: plane stress/strain) FEM elements, all or lying on the chosen surface.

Usage

1. There are several ways to invoke the command:
   • Press the Shell plate thickness button.
   • Select the Model → Element Geometry → Shell plate thickness option from the menu.
2. Specify the shell thickness.
3. Optionally press the Add button in the task panel and then click on the face you want to have a prescribed thickness. If the face selection is empty, all the remaining faces (whose thickness is not defined by other FEM ElementGeometry2D objects) will be automatically assigned.

Limitations

• Currently, analyses combining shell elements with solid or edge elements are not supported.

Properties

DataThickness: specifies the thickness of the 2D elements.

Notes

• For viewing results from CalculiX solver on the mesh expanded to the prescribed thickness, property Beam Shell Result Output 3D in the FEM SolverCalculixCxxtools need to be set to True.
• This feature uses the *SHELL SECTION card in CalculiX for shell elements and *SOLID SECTION card for plane stress/strain elements.

Beam rotation

Fluid section for 1D flow

FEM

FEM

• FEM Analysis

• Materials: Solid, Fluid, Nonlinear mechanical, Reinforced (concrete); Material editor

• Element geometry: Beam (1D), Beam rotation (1D), Shell (2D), Fluid flow (1D)

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Constraints

• Electromagnetic: Electrostatic potential, Current density, Magnetization

• Fluid: Initial flow velocity, Initial pressure, Flow velocity

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• Overwrite Constants: Constant vacuum permittivity

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• Utilities: Clipping plane, Remove clipping planes, Open FEM examples; Mesh clear, Mesh display info

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