{"id":407310,"date":"2025-01-28T01:48:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T01:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/thickness-mode\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T02:26:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T02:26:29","slug":"thickness-mode","status":"answered","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/thickness-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Thickness mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;<strong>Context: <\/strong>Simulation is of cylindrical can being crushed.&lt;br&gt;<strong>Problem: <\/strong>Do not know direction of shell thickness. (See image below &#8211; top view of cylinder)&lt;br&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/28-01-2025-1738028899-mceclip2.png\" \/>&lt;br&gt;<strong>Possible solution:<\/strong> Maybe these options will let me specify the direction of thickness, but I don&#8217;t know whether top results in the thickness going into the shell or out of the shell or vice-versa.&lt;br&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/28-01-2025-1738028856-mceclip1.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-407310","topic","type-topic","status-answered","hentry","topic-tag-shell","topic-tag-shell-thickness-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["407310"],"_bbp_subscription":["274006","423981","240"],"_bbp_author_ip":["129.94.6.193"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["407502"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["407502"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-01-29 02:26:11"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_engagement":["274006","423981","240"],"_btv_view_count":["478"],"_bbp_topic_status":["answered"],"_bbp_notification_enabled":["274006"],"_edit_lock":["1738083133:32680"]},"test":"e5cf2fb3b531780a984f74b91ac54432ea877455"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/407310","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/407310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407503,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/407310\/revisions\/407503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}