CSHEAR

Bulk Data Entry Defines a shear panel element.

Format

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
CSHEAR	`EID`	`PID`	`G1`	`G2`	`G3`	`G4`

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
CSHEAR	111	67	89	123	124	56

Field	Contents	SI Unit Example
`EID`	Unique element identification number. (Integer > 0)
`PID`	A PSHEAR property entry identification number. (Integer > 0; If blank, defaults to `EID`)
`G1`, `G2`, `G3`, `G4`	Grid point identification numbers of connection points. Grid points `G1` through `G4` must be ordered consecutively around the perimeter of the element. (Integer > 0; all unique)

Field

Contents

SI Unit Example

EID

Unique element identification number.

(Integer > 0)

PID

A PSHEAR property entry identification number.

(Integer > 0; If blank, defaults to EID)

G1, G2, G3, G4

Grid point identification numbers of connection points.

Grid points G1 through G4 must be ordered consecutively around the perimeter of the element.

(Integer > 0; all unique)

All interior angles must be less than 180 degrees.

Figure 1. CSHEAR Definition

Figure 2. CSHEAR Element Corner Forces and Shear Flows
Shear panel elements are ignored in heat transfer analysis.
PARAM,SHEARALT,YES can be used to activate an alternate formulation for CSHEAR elements which can help improve results when distorted (non-rectangular) CSHEAR elements are present in the model.
This card is represented as a quad4 element in HyperMesh.