PPLANE
Bulk Data Entry Defines the properties of plane strain elements (CTPSTN, CQPSTN, CTPSTS, and CQPSTS).
Format
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPLANE | PID | MID | T |
Example
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPLANE | 2 | 203 | 0.2 |
Definition
| Field | Contents | SI Unit Example |
|---|---|---|
| PID | Unique plane element
property identification number. No default (Integer > 0) |
|
| MID | Identification number
of MAT1, MAT2,
MAT3 or MATHE
entry. No default (Integer > 0) |
|
| T | Thickness. Default = 1.0 (Real ≥ 0.0 or blank) |
Comments
- All plane element property entries must have unique ID numbers.
- The material cards for plane stress elements (CTPSTS/CQPSTS) to support are MAT1, MAT2 and MATS1. The support for other material cards is yet to be developed.
- The material cards for plane strain elements (CTPSTN/CQPSTN) to support are MAT1, MAT3, MATS1 and MATHE. The support for other material cards is yet to be developed.
- Plane strain elements defined via
PPLANE are supported in linear static analysis and
nonlinear (small and large displacement) static analysis. They are currently
not supported for large displacement inertia relief analysis.
Plane strain elements can also be defined via PSHELL (MID2=-1), but this method is only supported for linear static analysis.