Dear All,
I modeled a sandwich panel in ABAQUS. The pane thickness is 4.15 inch and the facing's thickness is 0.09 in. I modeled the core and facings using solid elements (C3DR) and results were in good agreement with experimental results.
However, I am wondering is there a good arrgument to support my assumption that solid elements can be used to model the facing instead of using shell elements. I know that solid elements would require longer time to run as lots of elements are needed to maintain the aspect ratio in 3D direction. But since the work is already done and don't want to redo it to my client, your input would be appreciated.
Thanks!
I modeled a sandwich panel in ABAQUS. The pane thickness is 4.15 inch and the facing's thickness is 0.09 in. I modeled the core and facings using solid elements (C3DR) and results were in good agreement with experimental results.
However, I am wondering is there a good arrgument to support my assumption that solid elements can be used to model the facing instead of using shell elements. I know that solid elements would require longer time to run as lots of elements are needed to maintain the aspect ratio in 3D direction. But since the work is already done and don't want to redo it to my client, your input would be appreciated.
Thanks!