Specifying Transverse Shear Stiffness Directly for Shell Sections

You can directly specify the transverse shear stiffness in the K11, K12, and K22 directions for a shell section.

For more information and to see the formula and calculations used by the Abaqus solvers, see Transverse Shear Stiffness.

  1. From the Properties section of the action bar, click Shell Section .
  2. Expand the Advanced section.
  3. Select Specify transverse shear stiffness values to specify transverse shear stiffness components directly, and enter the stiffness values in the K11, K12, and K22 direction.

    Note: When you clear this option, the app uses a default calculation.

  4. Click OK.