ansys.dyna.core.pre.dynabase.ShellPart#

class ansys.dyna.core.pre.dynabase.ShellPart(pid)#

Bases: Part

Defines a shell part.

A shell part definition consists of the combined material information, section properties, hourglass type, thermal properties, and a flag for part adaptivity.

stub#

type = 'SHELL'#

shear_factor = 1#

intpoints = 5#

print = 0#

thickness = 1#

hourglasstype = -1#

defined_des_surface = False#

despid = 0#

desxid = 0#

des_nquad = 1#

des_nsid = 0#

des_rsf = 1#

set_hourglass(type=HourglassType.STANDARD_LSDYNA_VISCOUS, coefficient=0.1)#

Set the hourglass type, which identifies the bulk viscosity.

Parameters:

typeenum: Default hourglass control type.
coefficientfloat, optional: Default hourglass coefficient. The default is 0..

set_shear_factor(factor)#: Set the shear correction factor, which scales the transverse shear stress.

set_integration_points(points=5)#: Set the number of through thickness integration points.

set_printout(print)#: Set the printout option.

set_thickness(thickness)#: Set the shell thickness.

set_des_surface(despid=0, desxid=0, nquad=1, nsid=0, rsf=-1)#

Generate and place discrete element sphere (DES) elements on the surface of shell elements.

Parameters:

despidint, optional: Part ID for the generated DES elements. The default is 0.
desxidint, optional: Section ID for the generated DES elements. The default is 0.
nquadint, optional: Number of equally spaced DES elements to create on a shell element in each local shell direction. The default is 1.
nsidint, optional: If defined, this card creates a node set with ID NSID for the nodes generated by this card. The default is 0.
rsffloat, optional: Scale factor for determining the DES radius. The default is 1.

set_property()#: Set properties for the shell part.