Material Properties

Material Properties

Menetrey-Willam concrete model applied to SOLID185 element with discrete REINF264, causes fatal error: “MultiPlas supports only three-dimensional and two-dimensional elements.” Why is this message issued?

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      “SECCONTROL,,1” will cause this error. This option is used to remove base-element material in the space occupied by the reinforcing fibers, but it only works for 1-D stress states. This limitation is documented under SECCONTROL Command Ref: “REMBASE = 1 typically leads to more accurate models. (The base material must support 1-D stress states.)”