How to consider shell thickness when using *TIE in STANDARD?

Hi ABAQUS users,

I am handling a sandwich stucture problem: the core is aluminium honeycomb 
which is modeled with solid block, the top and bottom layers are composite 
plates which are to be modeled with shell. The solid core and shell plates will 
be *TIE together to simulate the whole sandwich. I read ABAQUS manual finding 
that the shell thickness is not considered in ABAQUS/Standard (but it IS 
considered in Explicit). Then, how to consi
der the shell thickness? In another word, it is the shell surfaces that contact 
with the solid core, not the mid-surfaces of the shells, therefore, the shell 
thickness should be accounted for when making the constraints. Please kindly 
help out.

Guo Yongjin
Auto-Body manufacturing Technology Center
Shanghai Jiao Tong University








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