Reply To: Connecting different elements together

[Asitang Lahurikar]

Hi Janne,

While there are 3 translational and 3 rotational DOFs for the SHELL181, SOLSH190 consists of 3 translational DOFs per node. If these two elements are connected, such that, they share common node(s), then the translations will be transferred across them but rotations won't. Please refer to this Forum thread for more information - Interface between solid and shell elements (ansys.com)

Regards,
Asitang