Panels

Use the Panels dialog to select the information about panels which display in the table.

Access

1. Click View Tables to open the Tables: Data and Results dialog.
2. Select Plates and Shells, and click OK to open Panels table.
3. Right-click in the Panels table, and click Table Columns from the context menu.

Dialog elements

The following quantities may be selected.

• Panel name.
• Thickness type.
• Material.
• Panel thickness or panel thicknesses (for panels with variable thickness).
• Elastic ground coefficient.
• Meshing type (Delaunay's method, Coons' method).
• Panel reinforcement type.
• Linear releases.
• Panel area.
• Panel thickness (constant or variable).
• Elastic ground.
• Elastic ground reactions - A value of the Kz reaction is a sum (an integral) of the elastic ground reaction for a panel on the elastic ground. The value is constant for a whole panel.
• Type and parameters of orthotropy.
• Parameter informing if the finite element mesh is frozen for panels.
• Story of the panel.