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rb1957 - We agree with your comment that reality would assume there is some amount of bending but from an analysis standpoint we would like to simplify it to pure tension. Because our panel is very thin (0.0747") we know that it really has no bending capacity and would act more like a membrane...

Here is the model that we are working with. Right now the moment contour is turned on.

We are looking at analyzing a panel as a thin plate. The thin plate has load applied to its perpendicular face. The panel is supported by members at various lines along its length. Every analysis we run indicates that the thin plate has a moment from the load applied, but the thin plate is...