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TR.21.1 Element Property Specification

This set of commands may be used to specify properties of plate finite elements. Elements of uniform or linearly varying thickness may be modeled using this command. The value of the thickness must be provided in current units.

Unlike members and plate/shell elements, no properties are required for solid elements. However, constants such as modulus of elasticity and Poisson’s ratio are to be specified.

General Format

ELEMENT PROPERTY
element-list   THICKNESS f1  (f2 f3 f4)

Where:

ParameterDescription
THICKNESS f1 thickness of the element
f2 … f4 thicknesses at other nodes of the element if different from f1

Example

UNIT …
ELEMENT PROPERTY
1 TO 8 14 16 THI 0.25
Parent topic: TR.21 Element/Surface Property Specification
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