Defining Shear Panel Sections

You can define a shear panel section to model shear forces transmitted along the edges of thin reinforced plates.

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About Shear Panel Sections
  1. From the Properties section of the action bar, click Shear Panel Section .
  2. Optional: Enter a descriptive Name.
  3. Select a geometry support.

    A shear panel section must be applied to one or more surface geometries. They must be the same surface features that are used as the supports for the corresponding mesh part in the FEM representation. You can also use geometry from an ordered geometric set.

    Tip: You can also assign local shear panel sections using the tools in the context toolbar. Click to assign a shear panel property to a group of faces, or click to assign a shear panel property to multiple surfaces that you select using the propagation method.

    If the support you select already has a material assigned to it, the Material field displays the material that is applied to the support.
  4. Optional: If no material is assigned, or if you want to override the existing material assignment, do the following:
    1. Click .
      The Material Palette appears.
    2. Search for the material you want to assign, and click it.
    3. Click OK to close the Material Palette.
    The Material field displays the newly applied material.
  5. Select a material Behavior to use in the simulation.

    This option appears only when multiple behaviors have been defined for the material.

  6. Enter the Thickness for the section.

    You can specify a constant thickness or use mapped spatial data. For more information, see Define Shell Sections with Varied Thickness Using Mapped Data.

  7. Click OK.