Element/ material orientation for Solid Element

jerometeoh

Hi,

Regarding this following material card, MAT9OR.

How to review or adjust the element orientation of the solid element.

Best,

Jerome.

jerometeoh

Rajashri Saha_20525 said:

Hi Jerome,

Are you asking about element Normal? In that case for Solid elements, element normal is always outwards.

Thanks

Rajashri

Rajashri,

Not quite. Refer the picture below, I have rib structure meshed as solid elements as shown.

I am wonder for each element, which was the direction for the E1, E2, and E3 properties as it asked to define in the MAT9OR card.

- Jerome.

 

Rajashri_Saha

Hi Jerome,

Are you asking about element Normal? In that case for Solid elements, element normal is always outwards.

Thanks

Rajashri

jerometeoh

Rajashri Saha_20525 said:

Hi Jerome,

Are you asking about element Normal? In that case for Solid elements, element normal is always outwards.

Thanks

Rajashri

Rajashri,

Not quite. Refer the picture below, I have rib structure meshed as solid elements as shown.

I am wonder for each element, which was the direction for the E1, E2, and E3 properties as it asked to define in the MAT9OR card.

- Jerome.

 

Rajashri_Saha

Jerome Teoh said:

Rajashri,

Not quite. Refer the picture below, I have rib structure meshed as solid elements as shown.

I am wonder for each element, which was the direction for the E1, E2, and E3 properties as it asked to define in the MAT9OR card.

- Jerome.

 

Jerome,

E1,E2,E3 are elastic modulus in different directions.

As you asked about element orientation, you can review it in hypermesh by orientation review method (CTRL+F, type Normals and from the pop-up window select "Review element orientation").

See the below image. 

Thanks

Rajashri