Structure Analysis with both Beam and Shell elments

Numerical methods and mathematical models of Elmer
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Re: Structure Analysis with both Beam and Shell elments

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update shell solver sif still produces a deflection of 500
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Realized I didn't have the updated shellsolver. Updated solver the deflection is at the correct value. 0.0132" same as beam solver.

I will clean up the study and post as an validation case study.
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Re: Structure Analysis with both Beam and Shell elments

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Added final case study to contributed cases, for this problem the beam addition to shell solver is valid,

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Thanks for testing,

As an update I mention that partially nonlinear analysis can now be done with "Large Deflection = True". At the moment the beam sections can nevertheless add only linearly behaving stiffness to the combined model, so the nonlinearity arises from the shell part.

-- Mika
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mika wrote: 07 May 2020, 14:08 Thanks for testing,

As an update I mention that partially nonlinear analysis can now be done with "Large Deflection = True". At the moment the beam sections can nevertheless add only linearly behaving stiffness to the combined model, so the nonlinearity arises from the shell part.

-- Mika
Many thanks! This seems working well regarding the test case. i will try to compare a more complicated model with original file in bdf analysised with nastran. Will try to compare the differences and revert back.
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Re: Structure Analysis with both Beam and Shell elments

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Mika, if you don't mind, i have another question regarding shell/beam coupled solvers: does our beam solver support asymmetric beam properties?

As you may understand, beam with asymmetric properties is quite common.
mika wrote: 07 May 2020, 14:08 Thanks for testing,

As an update I mention that partially nonlinear analysis can now be done with "Large Deflection = True". At the moment the beam sections can nevertheless add only linearly behaving stiffness to the combined model, so the nonlinearity arises from the shell part.

-- Mika
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Re: Structure Analysis with both Beam and Shell elments

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Only the second moments of area ("Second Moment of Area 2" and "Second Moment of Area 3") may currently be asymmetric to produce asymmetric response with respect to bending.

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