*SHELL TO SOLID COUPLING
18.16 *SHELL TO SOLID COUPLING: Define a surface-based coupling between a shell
edge and a solid face.
This surface-based optionallows for a transition from shell element modeling to solid element modeling in a
three-dimensional analysis.
Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit
Type: Model data
Level: Part, Part instance, Assembly
References:
•“Defining element-based surfaces,” Section 2.3.2 of theA BAQUS Analysis User’sManual
•“Defining node-based surfaces,” Section2.3.3 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual
•“Shell-to-solid coupling,”Section 28.3.3 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual
Required parameter:
CONSTRAINT NAME
Set this parameter equal to a label that will be used to refer to this constraint.
Optional parameters:
INFLUENCE DISTANCE
Set this parameter equal to theperpendicular distance from the edge-based surface within which all
nodes or element facets on the solid surface (depending on the solid surface type) must lie to be
included in the coupling constraint. The d efault value is half the thickness of the shell that was used
to define the edge-based surface.
POSITION TOLERANCE
Set thisparam eterequal to the distance within which nodes on the edge-based surface must lie from
the solid surface to be included in the coupling definition. Thedefault tolerance is 5% of the length
of a typical facet on the shell edge.
Data lines to define the surfaces forming the couplingdefinitions:
First line:
1. Theedge-based surface name.
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