Meshing of Thin Curved Volume

[Bananarama]

I am trying to apply a thin coating of resin on a wooden hydrofoil to be modelled structurally in ansys. Is there a way to apply a surface coating? I have just created a thin volume, but i cant mesh it. is there a specific element type i should use?.....

 

[meshparts]

The most effective way to model thin structures is the use of shell elements. For modeling composite materials you can use the layerd shell elements, like the shell91 or shell99.