Assigning thickness to the shell element inwardly

RAMGANESH

Dear Sir,

 

i have done 2d mesh to my model and created shell element and i wanted to assign thickness to it inwardly.

 

Problem is when i am assign thickness it takes as mid surface and assigning thickness equally on both inward and outward.

 

Kindly provide your guidelines

 

Thanks

Ramganesh

tinh

Altair Forum User said:

Dear Sir,

 

i have done 2d mesh to my model and created shell element and i wanted to assign thickness to it inwardly.

 

Problem is when i am assign thickness it takes as mid surface and assigning thickness equally on both inward and outward.

 

Kindly provide your guidelines

 

Thanks

Ramganesh

 

Hi,

Use 'Card edit' on the toolbar, select all element, config and click 'edit' 

on the card panel activate 'offset' and enter z-off value to half of your thickness

 

you should better to make 2d mesh on midsurface (geom>midsurface)

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RAMGANESH

Dear Tinh,

 

Thanks for your valuable guidelines

 

 

Thanks

Ramganesh

Hoan_21498

Altair Forum User said:

Dear Sir,

 

i have done 2d mesh to my model and created shell element and i wanted to assign thickness to it inwardly.

 

Problem is when i am assign thickness it takes as mid surface and assigning thickness equally on both inward and outward.

 

Kindly provide your guidelines

 

Thanks

Ramganesh

 

Hi,

Use 'Card edit' on the toolbar, select all element, config and click 'edit' 

on the card panel activate 'offset' and enter z-off value to half of your thickness

 

you should better to make 2d mesh on midsurface (geom>midsurface)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Dear Sir

I followed your instruction. However i could not find ZOFFS like in your photos.

Could you please give me more details?

TKS