{"id":166338,"date":"2023-03-17T13:11:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T13:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-define-orthotropic-material-for-shell-in-explicit-dynamics\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:31:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:31:39","slug":"how-to-define-orthotropic-material-for-shell-in-explicit-dynamics","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-define-orthotropic-material-for-shell-in-explicit-dynamics\/","title":{"rendered":"How to define orthotropic material for shell in explicit dynamics?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Explicit Dynamics shell doesn’t accept directly defined orthotropic material defined in Engineering Data. The workaround is to assign a linear elastic material (such as steel) to the shell and use layer section to assign the orthotropic material to shell. Please see attached example.<\/p>\n

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