PPLANE

Bulk Data Entry Defines the properties of plane strain elements (CTPSTN and CQPSTN).

Format

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
PPLANE PID MID T            

Example

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
PPLANE 2 203 0.2            

Definition

Field Contents SI Unit Example
PID Unique plane element property identification number.

No default (Integer > 0)

  
MID Identification number of MAT1, MAT3 or MATHE entry.

No default (Integer > 0)

  
T Thickness.

Default = 1.0 (Real ≥ 0.0 or blank)

  

Comments

  1. All plane strain element property entries must have unique ID numbers.
  2. Plane strain elements defined via PPLANE are supported in linear static analysis and nonlinear (small and large displacement) static analysis. They are currently not supported for large displacement inertia relief analysis.

    Plane strain elements can also be defined via PSHELL (MID2=-1), but this method is only supported for linear static analysis.