{"id":306480,"date":"2023-09-12T21:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/another-question-about-stacking-elements-solid-shell-solid\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T21:38:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:38:01","slug":"another-question-about-stacking-elements-solid-shell-solid","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/another-question-about-stacking-elements-solid-shell-solid\/","title":{"rendered":"Another question about stacking elements (solid-shell-solid)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Previously I asked whether stacking shell elements on top of solid elements (by basically making them share nodes) is okay. As suggested, I used the option NLOC=-1 to ensure that the shell thickness is defined completely in one direction (contact was also modified to account for this).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have come across a different issue now in modelling biological tissues because I need to add a small layer on top of these shell elements (already sharing nodes with solid) like the figure shown below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/12-09-2023-1694554367-mceclip1.png\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am not entirely sure if using shell elements is still advisable for this (because the final solid-element layer is supposed to contact first other bodies in certain regions) or if I should just switch everything to solid elements?&nbsp;I am not sure if 3 elements sharing nodes this way is okay from a theoretical perspective(?)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-306480","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["280671","3136"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.52.43.81"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1171"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["306480"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_engagement":["3136","280671"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["6"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["306881"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["306881"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-09-14 19:07:43"]},"test":"andres-menattu-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/306480","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\/306480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}