Re: plane stress/plane strain thickness (Question added)

Hi george,

Ok, i am not sure if i got you right, pls correct me if i am wrong. 
In my case i am modelling a steel rod embedded in concrete and along 
half the length of the steel rod is a coating of resin. The steel 
rod is 25mm dia. , the resin annulus is 32mm (radial thickness of 
3.5mm : 3.5 X 2= 7mm + 25mm = 32mm)and the concrete is 300mm in 
diameter.
The length of the rod is 2200mm, resin 800mm and the concrete is 
1724mm.

So instead of specifying plane stress/strain thickness = 1, is it 
better if i specify for the 
steel plane stress/strain thickness = 0.025
resin plane stress/strain thickness = 0.032
concrete plane stress/strain thickness = 0.3

Thanking you in advance for your time,

best regards,
Ravi.
--- In ABAQUS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, george jefferson 
<george.jefferson@xxxx> wrote:
> When using plane stress/strain your loads and reaction forces are 
all "per 
> unit thickness",
> so you usually set it to 1 and supply/report forces as "per unit 
thickness"
> If you know a specific dimension for the out of plane thickness 
then you 
> can supply it
> and your forces become true or total force.
> 
> Notice that if you have only displacement boundary conditions and 
don't request
> reaction forces then the thickness doesn't enter the calculation.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >Good point. Then what's the exact meaning for the "plane 
stress/strain
> >thickness=1"?








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