Thank you, totally agree. The skinning technique is very new for me and I didn't have much time to play with it thoroughly. Thanks for Abaqus element, now it's clear.
At first, let me say that I feel sorry for being exasperated while answering to mechfeeney. I am a bit stressed last weeks, I apologize for that. Your explanation of integration is clear and easy to follow, I appreciate it.
Ok, per topic, once more again, the whole story briefly. I've got the...
sorry, didn't manage to get element name from Abaqus people. All in vacation, you know...
But I promise I'll get back to you.
mechfeeney, why "skin" technique is used? Why those who use this technique don't simply ignore the difference between FE results
in skin elements and results...
Thanks to all for your responses. I'll dig a bit more tomorrow about Abaqus (per topic of course).
But my vision on that is as follows (I'll refer to Solid elements only). Because the highest stress are always on surface (well, if not always, then in most cases are) and the most accurate...
Does anybody know whether such an element available in Ansys? I mean solid element with integration points at the same locations as corner nodes. Seems like there is one in Abaqus, but what about Ansys? This question is related to extraction of results on surface, rather than inside of the...
