46.20 SectionLayer object

The SectionLayer object defines the material layer in a composite shell.

Access

import section
mdb.models[name].parts[name].compositeLayups[i].section.layup[i]
mdb.models[name].sections[name].layup[i]
import odbSection
session.odbs[name].sections[name].layup[i]

46.20.1 SectionLayer(...)

This method creates a SectionLayer object.

Path

section.SectionLayer

odbSection.SectionLayer

Required arguments

thickness

A Float specifying the thickness of the section layer.

material

A String specifying the name of the section layer material.

Optional arguments

orientAngle

A Float or a String specifying the relative orientation of the section layer. A Float specifies the angular orientation; a String specifies a user-subroutine orientation name. If a String is specified, a user-subroutine orientation is used, otherwise the Float value is used as an angular orientation. The default value is 0.0.

numIntPts

An Int specifying the number of integration points to be used through the section. This argument is valid only if the preIntegrate argument on the parent CompositeShellSection object is set to ON. The default value is 3.

axis

A SymbolicConstant specifying the axis of a cylindrical or spherical datum coordinate system about which an additional rotation is applied. For shells this axis is also the shell normal. This only applies if a valid reference is provided for the orientation. Possible values are AXIS_1, AXIS_2, and AXIS_3. The default value is AXIS_3.

angle

A Float specifying the angle of the additional rotation. This only applies if a valid reference is provided for the orientation. The default value is 0.0.

additionalRotationType

A SymbolicConstant specifying the method used to describe the additional rotation when a valid orientation is specified. Possible values are ROTATION_NONE, ROTATION_ANGLE, and ROTATION_FIELD. The default value is ROTATION_NONE.

thicknessType

A SymbolicConstant specifying the method used to describe the thickness. Possible values are THICKNESS_MAGNITUDE and THICKNESS_DISCRETE_FIELD. The default value is THICKNESS_MAGNITUDE.

plyName

A String specifying the ply identifier for this section layer. The default value is "".

orientation

The SymbolicConstant None or a DatumCsys object specifying a coordinate system reference for the relative orientation of this layer. If this reference is valid it is used as the relative orientation of the layer, otherwise the orientAngle is used as described. The default value is None.

additionalRotationField

A String specifying the name of the field specifying the additional rotation. The default value is "".

thicknessField

A String specifying the name of the field specifying the thickness The default value is "".

Return value

A SectionLayer object.

Exceptions

None.

46.20.2 Members

The SectionLayer object has members with the same names and descriptions as the arguments to the SectionLayer method.

46.20.3 Corresponding analysis keywords

*SHELL SECTION
*SHELL GENERAL SECTION