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

Hi, Yongjin
Please use the new continuum shell element instead of conventional 
shell element in release 6.4. This new element will solve ur problem.

Sun Wei
Nano/Microsystems integration lab
National University of Singapore

--- In ABAQUS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Guo Yongjin" <guoyj@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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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