Plate Attributes: Pre-curvature

Description

Assigns pre-curvature along the local axes of selected plate elements.

A plate with positive pre-curvature is assumed to be pre-cambered towards the +z axis. Applied to an unrestrained plate, the pre-curvature attribute produces a resulting curvature in the opposite direction.

Pre-curvature attributes are load case dependent.

Dialog

Pre-curvature 1 / 2

Two components of pre-curvature in the plate's local axis system.

Common Controls

• Components
• Equation Editor
• Retrieve from model
• Keep selection
• Scale / Add / Delete / Apply

Units

1/Length (e.g., 1/m, 1/in).

See Also

• Plate Elements: Local Axes
• Plate Attributes: Temperature Gradient