PlaneSymmetric

Plane Symmetric Wrapper

Wraps a 3D host material model into a 2D plane symmetric model that can be used with 2D membrane elements.

Syntax

material PlaneSymmetric13 (1) (2)
material PlaneSymmetric23 (1) (2)
# (1) int, unique material tag
# (2) int, 3D reference material tag

Remarks

1. The token PlaneSymmetric13 indicates $\sigma_{11}=\sigma_{33}$ and $\tau_{12}=\tau_{32}$.

2. The token PlaneSymmetric23 indicates $\sigma_{22}=\sigma_{33}$ and $\tau_{12}=\tau_{31}$.