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CSHEAR
CSHEAR

Bulk Data Entry

CSHEAR – Shear Panel Element Connection

Description

Defines a shear panel element.

Format

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
CSHEAR	EID	PID	G1	G2	G3	G4

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
CSHEAR	111	67	89	123	124	56

Field	Contents
EID	Unique element identification number. (Integer > 0)
PID	A PSHEAR property entry identification number. (Integer > 0; If blank, defaults to EID)
G1, G2, G3, G4	Grid point identification numbers of connection points. Grid points G1 through G4 must be ordered consecutively around the perimeter of the element. (Integer > 0; all unique)

Comments

1.	All interior angles must be less than 180 degrees.

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CSHEAR definition

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CSHEAR Element Corner Forces and Shear Flows

2.	Shear panel elements are ignored in heat transfer analysis.

3.	This card is represented as a quad4 element in HyperMesh.

See Also:

Bulk Data Section

Guidelines for Bulk Data Entries

Bulk Data Entries by Function