{"id":290594,"date":"2023-06-27T15:09:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/non-layered-vs-layered-element\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T15:09:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:09:16","slug":"non-layered-vs-layered-element","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/non-layered-vs-layered-element\/","title":{"rendered":"Non layered Vs. layered element"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey!<\/p>\n<p>I read in Ansys help that the layers in a layered element will be as defined by the section command.<br \/>for example: if I have a 4mm thick laminate, meshed with a 1mm layered element. so 4 elements across the thickness,<br \/>and there are 4 layers defined in the section command.<\/p>\n<p>does this mean that the whole model has 16 layers (4 layers for each element * 4 elements across the thickness) or only 4 layers?<br \/>what is the difference for the same situation but using a non-layered element?<\/p>\n<p>best regards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-290594","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["39246","23687"],"_bbp_author_ip":["168.143.243.24"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["978"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["290594"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27790"],"_bbp_engagement":["23687","39246"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["291134"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["291134"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-07-01 07:28:12"]},"test":"zaidhadi-hmgmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/290594","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\/290594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}