Shell Thickness variation

Altair Forum User

Hello,

 

I have a blank of which the thickness varies in different sections of it (see attached image). Green represents the shell, black the thickness variation and dotted line is the rotation axis as this image shows the profile of a cylinder.  I need to know if we can define the different thickness values according to the section on hyperform as a shell. 

 

 

Thank you in advance

KBE

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Simon Križnik

 

Hi,

 

First you need to extract the midsurface

 

Then you can use any of the following option

 

1)Create Different properties

 

You can organize the elements of different thickness in different components. then respectively create properties for them with the correct thickness and then assign them.

 

2)Utility menu>Geometry mesh>midsurface thickness

 

This option will consider the existing elements for assigning the thickness. Here you are allowed to do the surface editing. But the surface which you are meshing should be extracted mid surface of the required Geometry.

 

3) Menu>>Assign>>Midmesh Thickness

 

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This is the best option as you can select the elements and apply the thickness.