Number of integration points for CQUAD4/CQUAD8 elements

MarioS
MarioS Altair Community Member
edited February 2021 in Community Q&A

Hello everybody,

if someone could please help me with this topic about the integration points in shell elements.

I found in the "HELP" that CQUAD4 has 5 integration points. For CQUAD8 I couldn´t find anything.

I would like to know how many integrations points have the shell elements CQUAD4/CQUAD8 and how many integration points have they

through the thickness in OptiStruct solver?

Where could I see/find this infos?

Thank you very much for your help.

Best regards,

Mario

 

 

 

 

 

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  • Joshua Pennington
    Joshua Pennington New Altair Community Member
    edited February 2021 Answer ✓

    On the CQUAD8 page I found a link to "Two-dimensional Shell Elements" which may provide more info:

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    Regards

    JP

     

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  • Joshua Pennington
    Joshua Pennington New Altair Community Member
    edited February 2021 Answer ✓

    On the CQUAD8 page I found a link to "Two-dimensional Shell Elements" which may provide more info:

    image

     

    image

     

    Regards

    JP

     

  • MarioS
    MarioS Altair Community Member
    edited February 2021

    Hello Joshua,

    thank you very much. This is what I was searching for. Only, there is nothing about the thickness.

    May I ask, where can I find this table, is there some link to it?

    Thank you!

     

    BR,

     

    Mario

  • Adriano Koga_20259
    Adriano Koga_20259 New Altair Community Member
    edited February 2021
    MarioS said:

    Hello Joshua,

    thank you very much. This is what I was searching for. Only, there is nothing about the thickness.

    May I ask, where can I find this table, is there some link to it?

    Thank you!

     

    BR,

     

    Mario

    open HyperWorks Help Home page, then type CQUAD8 into the search box. It should be there:

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