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how to connect shell181 elements sandwitched between solid185 elements in ansys mechanical APDL?

how to connect shell181 elements sandwitched between solid185 elements in ansys mechanical APDL?

how to connect shell181 elements sandwitched between solid185 elements in ansys mechanical APDL?

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how to connect shell181 elements sandwitched between solid185 elements in ansys mechanical APDL?

I am modelling soil as solid 185 element and geogrid as shell181 element to get the interaction between them i have to connect these elements.. Can anybody help me how to connect it?/

RE: how to connect shell181 elements sandwitched between solid185 elements in ansys mechanical APDL?

you can use either bonded contact or merge the nodes with the nummerg command

Rick Fischer
Principal Engineer
Argonne National Laboratory

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