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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.

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