3D Connexion Version 6.6

*SHEAR CENTER

18.10 *SHEAR CENTER: Deﬁne the position of the shear center of a beam section.

This option can be used only in conjunction with the *BEAM GENERAL SECTION, SECTION=GENERAL

or the *BEAM GENERAL SECTION, SECTION=MESHED option. It is used to deﬁne the position of the

shear center of the section with respect to thelocal (1, 2) axis system.

Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit

Type: Model data

Level: Part, Part instance

References:

•“Using a general beam section to deﬁne thesection behavior,” Section 23.3.7 of the ABAQUS Analysis

User’s Manual

•*BEAM GENERAL SECTION

•“Meshed beam cross-sections,” Section 10.4.1of the ABAQUS Analysis User ’sManual

There are no parameters associated with this option.

Data line to deﬁne the shear center:

First (and only) line:

1. Local -coordinate of shear center, . The default is 0.

2. Local -coordinate of shear center, . The default is 0.

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