Does it do a plane stress or a plane strain solution

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

Given an 2d problem, while using Optistruct analysis, will it perfrom the analysis as a plane stress problem or a plane strain problem.

What is generally used , can any where we specify the method we want to use while performing the analysis.

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited May 2010

    Optistruct solves 2d problem (Plane Stress) as default , If you plane strain condition, Edit the pshell card.

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2013

    could any one please tell me how to define a plane stress element ?

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