Hello
This one is a basic question......
If i used plate elements to mesh my model....what value i need to put in element definition thickness....
say i got 1 inch thick gusset plate and modeled with plate elemnts...do i neeed to input half of the value which is 0.5 inches or full plate thickness 1 inch.....please clarify
and also while meshing do i need to define the element size as 1 inch....or can i go less than that....
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Sounds like you need to revisit the meshing basics
please watch the following series of videos
Best regards
Sualp Ozel, PE
Thanks Sualp, Joe S. did a great job on producing that video and clarifies the different mesh types.
The answers madg1's questions are as follows:
"If the thickness of the shell elements is less than 1/10 of the length or
height, reduced integration is recommended. If the thickness of the shell
elements is greater than 1/10 of the length or height, full integration is
recommended."
I have a vague recollection that the documentation may have a mistake, but this needs to be confirmed by the nonlinear developers at Autodesk. The 1/10 number relates the thickness to the dimension of the element, not the dimension of the part. So those sentences should be something like this:
"If the thickness of the shell elements is less than 1/10 of the mesh size, reduced integration is recommended. If the thickness of the shell elements is greater than 1/10 of the mesh size, full integration is recommended.
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