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Shell to solid coupling

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ispope

Industrial
Mar 21, 2014
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I am having some problems with these tool.
I am doing this coupling with S4R and C3D20 element, and I have problems especially when I try to get the nodal force acting in the C3D20 element.
The model is a square plate with a 3d model in the center, with two shell edge traction loads. The shell nodes have the expected nodal force but when i try to get the nodal force of the 3D element, i get that it is always zero, but when I plot this Nodal force I can see that inside the elements this force is not zero.

Hope someone knows what is going on.

Thanks.
 
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