User Triangular Shell Elements Using Solid Property Example

A triangular shell property is defined using a user solid property with rotational degrees of freedom at nodes.

Bricks are degenerated to three node shells. Property reads stresses computed in a user’s material. Internal forces, internal moments, and strain increments are written.


Figure 1. 3-node-shell Mesh Made Up of Two Degenerated Brick Elements


Figure 2. Element Degeneration

Example Demo File

Before you begin, copy the file(s) used in this problem to your working directory.