{"id":404468,"date":"2025-01-10T16:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/meshing-a-quadratically-tapered-composite-beam-in-acp\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:42:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:42:03","slug":"meshing-a-quadratically-tapered-composite-beam-in-acp","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/meshing-a-quadratically-tapered-composite-beam-in-acp\/","title":{"rendered":"Meshing a Quadratically Tapered Composite Beam in ACP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi all,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&#8217;m trying to model a quadratically tapered composite beam in Ansys Composite PrepPost. The shelled beam looks like this:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/10-01-2025-1736526781-mceclip1.png\" width=\"665\" height=\"419\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I want the cross-section to look like the figure below, where the blue lines are unidirectional plies, yellow are adhesives, red are biaxial plies, and green is foam.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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width=\"315\" height=\"293\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, when I&#8217;m modeling the web, the plies on the right are passing through the foam.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/10-01-2025-1736526590-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know how I can make it so the plies do not pass through the foam?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kind regards,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ariel&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also, there are the modeling groups if that&#8217;s helpful at all.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/10-01-2025-1736527274-mceclip3.png\" 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