{"id":342480,"date":"2023-12-30T21:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T21:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/shell-elements-with-custom-membrane-bending-transverse-shear-stiffness\/"},"modified":"2023-12-30T21:20:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T21:20:01","slug":"shell-elements-with-custom-membrane-bending-transverse-shear-stiffness","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/shell-elements-with-custom-membrane-bending-transverse-shear-stiffness\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell Elements with Custom Membrane, Bending, &amp; Transverse Shear Stiffness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Hi,<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I am hoping to make shell elements in Ansys that accurately capture the stiffness of an isogrid sheet.&nbsp; To do this, I would like to independently control the element&#8217;s thickness and bending stiffness.&nbsp; This is accomplished in NASTRAN using the PSHELL bending coefficient and shear ratio, where can I find the equivalent parameters in Ansys Mechanical?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Thank you,<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ben<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-342480","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-mechanical","topic-tag-element-selection-1","topic-tag-element-types-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["336135","240"],"_bbp_author_ip":["168.143.243.14"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1171"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["342480"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","336135"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["342488"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["342488"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-12-31 03:40:13"]},"test":"ben-leistikogmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/342480","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\/342480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}