Hypermesh Pshell and Forces

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hello I'm new to the Hypermesh and using Opistruct, i have some doubts about the units used in the PSHELL property and the Forces specifically what units are the T in PSHELL milimeters? or inches? and also the Forces are un Newtons or other unit.

I apologize about my limited knowledge and i hope you can please clarify this for me.

JL.

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited May 2012

    JL

    HyperMesh and Optistruct don't have any intrinsic unit systems. The user is responsible to provide inputs in a consistent set of units. A commonly used set is mm, Mg, s, N. Keep in mind that your material properties must then match up with the unit system you have chosen for length, mass,and force so pressure units would be N/mm2 or MPa.

    Eric

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