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[Chin-Hung Lai]

i only know how to get the shear center of isotropic beam inside the geometry, but how can i get the shear center of composite C beam created by ACP, even the centroid.

[Reno Genest]

Hello,

You could get the center of gravity using a sensor:

https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v232/en/acp_ug/Sensors.html?q=center%20of%20mass

 

I am not sure if we can calculate the shear center in ACP.

 

Reno.