I am trying to model bone (cortical bone on the outside and spongy bone on the inside). To do that I have created a surface, then created a 2d mesh, then offset that mesh with the solid layer command. After that I then took the 2d surface I made earlier and made a shell layer that is the exact inside layer of the previous offset. I then go to a volume tetra mesh. Note: this is done in separate components. I then have 2 components, one component is the solid outerlayer. The inner is then a tetramesh. My problem is that when I export to abaqus, The inside component is not deforming at all. Is it because the inside shares the same nodes? Could it be because abaqus recognizes them as two separate parts? Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
