[bigphil]

Question:
Can solids4foam handle shell elements? In particular, with a stacking of several orthotropic materials

Response:
Currently, solids4foam does not currently have general shell element implementation. The closest thing is simple flat "plate" implementation: https://github.com/solids4foam/solid...msPlatesShells and beam formulations: https://www.researchgate.net/publica...ial_curvatures and https://www.researchgate.net/publica...er_Beam_Theory.

Of course, there is a potential for shells to be added in the future, e.g. extend the Simo-Reissner beams to shells.

[andyvaldes10]

Hi,

But if one wants, for example, to change the material of the beamInCross tutorials for an orthotropic one, in order to do an analysis for a material made from 3D printing. Is this possible? If it is not possible: is it possible to make a single section of the model with orthotropic considerations (example plateHole) and for example use FSI approach to see the displacement in 2D? (with orthotropic material).

Thanks for your help

[bigphil]

Originally Posted by andyvaldes10

Hi,

But if one wants, for example, to change the material of the beamInCross tutorials for an orthotropic one, in order to do an analysis for a material made from 3D printing. Is this possible?

Yes, for finite strain (nonlinear geometry) solid models, you can use

type StVenantKirchhoffOrthotropicElastic;
E1   E1 [1 -1 -2 0 0 0 0] 200e9;
E2  ...
etc

and for small strain (linear geometry)

type orthotropicLinearElastic;
E1   E1 [1 -1 -2 0 0 0 0] 200e9;
E2  ...
etc

[bigphil]

The material directions can be either specified in mechanicalProperties if uniform (materialDirectionsX (1 0 0)) or as a field in the time directory if varying.

[andyvaldes10]

Originally Posted by bigphil

Yes, for finite strain (nonlinear geometry) solid models, you can use

type StVenantKirchhoffOrthotropicElastic;
E1   E1 [1 -1 -2 0 0 0 0] 200e9;
E2  ...
etc

and for small strain (linear geometry)

type orthotropicLinearElastic;
E1   E1 [1 -1 -2 0 0 0 0] 200e9;
E2  ...
etc

Thanks. i'll try