*TRANSVERSE SHEAR STIFFNESS

Define transverse shear stiffness for beams and shells.

This option must be used in conjunction with the BEAM GENERAL SECTION option, the BEAM SECTION option, the COHESIVE SECTION option, the SHELL GENERAL SECTION option, or the SHELL SECTION option.

It cannot be used if you include the FULL COUPLING parameter for the SECTION STIFFNESS option.

The transverse shear stiffness defined with this option affects only the transverse shear flexible elements whose section properties are defined by the immediately preceding section option.

This page discusses:

See Also
*SHELL GENERAL SECTION
*SHELL SECTION
*BEAM GENERAL SECTION
*BEAM SECTION
*SECTION STIFFNESS
*COHESIVE SECTION
In Other Guides
Shell Section Behavior
Choosing a Beam Element
Defining the Constitutive Response of Cohesive Elements Using a Continuum Approach
Defining the Constitutive Response of Cohesive Elements Using a Traction-Separation Description

ProductsAbaqus/StandardAbaqus/Explicit

TypeModel data

LevelPartPart instance

There are no parameters associated with this option.

 

Data line when used with cohesive sections, shell sections, and BEAM GENERAL SECTION, SECTION=MESHED

First (and only) line

  1. Value of the shear stiffness of the section in the first direction, K11t⁢s.

  2. Value of the shear stiffness of the section in the second direction, K22t⁢s.

  3. Value of the coupling term in the shear stiffness of the section, K12t⁢s.

  4. Value of the slenderness compensation factor. If this field is left blank, a default value of 0.25 is assumed.

If either value K 11 t ⁢ s or K 22 t ⁢ s is omitted or given as zero, the nonzero value is used for both.

Data line when used with all other beam sections

First (and only) line

  1. Value of the K23 shear stiffness of the section.

  2. Value of the K13 shear stiffness of the section.

  3. Value of the slenderness compensation factor or the label SCF. If this field is left blank, a default value of 0.25 is assumed. If the label SCF is specified, the values of the shear stiffness specified by the user will be ignored. They and the slenderness compensation factor will be calculated from the elastic material definition with the beam section.

If either value Kα⁢3 is omitted or given as zero, the nonzero value will be used for both when the label SCF is not used.