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    Solid vs Shell elements for plate structures ?

    Thanks everyone for your response. Thanks especially JohnyGlueBug for the link to the paper. Very informative. Looks like Ansys are onto a good thing with the Solid shell element. I did run my own model for the first round of analysis which were linear static. Here the contractor used...
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    Solid vs Shell elements for plate structures ?

    I have been ask to evaluate an analysis done on a bifurcation. The analysis was done using solid-shell elements (SOLSH190 – Ansys – 8 node brick), with one element across the thickness. Apparently this element can handle bending quite well and give accurate answers My FEA knowledge is about 5...

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