| Description | Type | Default |
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Orthotropic shell element transverse shear stiffness type. Specifies the default type of transverse shear on MAT8 Bulk Data entries when the G1Z and G2Z fields are blank or zero. When set to RIGID, a rigid approach is used where the G1Z and G2Z are penalty values which provide a nearly rigid transverse shear stiffness. When set to FLEXIBLE, the G12 value is used. If a non-zero value is supplied for either G1Z or G2Z it will be used. |
RIGID/ FLEXIBLE |
FLEXIBLE |