LS Dyna

LS Dyna

Topics related to LS-DYNA, Autodyn, Explicit STR and more.
  1. All Channels
  2. LS Dyna
  3. Quadratic quadrilateral Q8 element

Quadratic quadrilateral Q8 element

    • July 22, 2025 at 3:58 pm
      sockalin
      Subscriber

      Hello,

      Does LS-DYNA offer a quadratic quadrilateral Q8 element for 2D plane stress simulations?

      Thanks.

    • July 22, 2025 at 11:05 pm
      Dennis Chen
      Subscriber

      see section_shell elform 23.    I also suggest looking at a few of the section cards. 

Viewing 1 reply thread
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
Ansys Innovation Space
Top Contributors

© 2025 Copyright ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

Ansys does not support the usage of unauthorized Ansys software. Please visit www.ansys.com to obtain an official distribution.