Shell Property

Shell property is a physical property assigned to surface elements. A shell property references a material assigned to the surface part and describes a thickness associated to this surface part. A shell property is associative to the geometry this property points at.

Input
Output
Position and Axis System

Related Topics

Linear Triangle

Parabolic Triangle

Linear Quadrangle

Parabolic Quadrangle

Input

Material
Thickness

Output

Stress
Strain
Point force vector
Point moment vector
Stress Von Mises
Elastic energy
Elastic energy density
Estimated error
Curvature
Transverse shear strain
Transverse shear stress

Position and Axis System

Those characteristics can be expressed at the given positions in the elements and in different axis systems:

Characteristics	Position	Axis System
Stress	Nodes of element Gauss Point	Local
Strain	Nodes of element Gauss Point	Local
Point force vector	Nodes of element	Global
Point moment vector	Nodes of element	Global
Stress Von Mises	Nodes of element Gauss Point
Elastic energy	Center of element
Elastic energy density	Center of element
Estimated error	Center of element
Curvature	Nodes of element Gauss Point	Local
Transverse shear strain	Nodes of element Gauss Point	Local
Transverse shear stress	Nodes of element Gauss Point	Local