ansys.mapdl.core.Mapdl.secfunction

Mapdl.secfunction(table='', pattern='', **kwargs)

Specifies shell section thickness as a tabular function.

Mechanical APDL Command: SECFUNCTION

Parameters:

tablestr

Name of table parameter or array parameter for specifying thickness.

patternstr

Interpretation pattern for array parameters.

Notes

The secfunction command is associated with the section most recently defined via the sectype command.

A table parameter can define tabular thickness as a function of coordinates. Alternatively, you can use an array parameter (indexed by node number) that expresses the function to be mapped. (See PATTERN of NOD2 for array content.) Enclose the table or array name in percent signs (%) ( secfunction,``tablename``).

Issue the dim command to define a table or array.

The table or array defines the total shell thickness at any point in space. In multilayered sections, the total thickness and each layer thickness are scaled accordingly.

The Function Tool is a convenient way to define your thickness tables.

Refer to the dim command for interpreting a table in a local coordinate system.

When PATTERN = NODE, TABLE should be a 1D array parameter (indexed by node number) that expresses the function to be mapped.

When PATTERN = NOD2, TABLE should be a 2D array parameter (where column 1 contains node numbers and column 2 contains the corresponding thicknesses) that expresses the function to be mapped.

Specify PATTERN when TABLE is an array parameter only (and not when it is a table parameter or a single value).