{"id":158800,"date":"2021-05-24T13:41:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T13:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/top-bottom-vs-top-and-bottom-stress-in-a-solid184-layered-element\/"},"modified":"2021-06-10T20:19:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T20:19:20","slug":"top-bottom-vs-top-and-bottom-stress-in-a-solid184-layered-element","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/top-bottom-vs-top-and-bottom-stress-in-a-solid184-layered-element\/","title":{"rendered":"Top\/Bottom vs Top and Bottom Stress in a Solid184 layered element"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p>I obtained&nbsp;a model of a composite structure that was modeled in ACP.&nbsp; The mesh that was passed to&nbsp;the Static Structural component system is a mesh of SOLID184 layered&nbsp;elements with each ply consisting of 2 or 3 elements&nbsp;per ply thickness.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Question 1: What is purpose of using layered elements if the mesh already has 2 or three elements per ply?&nbsp; The layer element itself implies it contains information regarding plies within its element thickness (Z-direction), even though the element is 1\/2 or 1\/3 the actual ply thickness.&nbsp;&nbsp; Was&nbsp;this potentially an oversight by the original structural&nbsp;analyst?<\/p>\n<p>Question 2:&nbsp;For the above case, what is best way to analyze the composite component stresses?&nbsp; Top, Bottom, or Top\/Bottom?&nbsp; In fact what does Top\/Bottom&nbsp;actually&nbsp;mean?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-158800","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_author_ip":[""],"_bbp_old_reply_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_reply_anonymous_id":["false"],"_btv_view_count":["1682"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["158800"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["14","35787"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["179708"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["179708"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-06-10 20:19:20"]},"test":"paul-croteaurtx-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/158800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/158800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}