Computation of Composite Materials

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Check these two threads, they should help you in this regard:

How to define shell edge load

Hi, I’m quite new to CalculiX but I know Abaqus so the general syntax is familiar to me. However, I don’t know how to define shell edge load described in the documentation. I use preprocessor where I can easily create node sets, element sets and surface and then edit CalculiX keywords to add options not yet available in this preprocessor (shell edge load is among them). The syntax is: *DLOAD element_number/elset_name, EDNORx, magnitude For quad shell elements EDNOR can have the value of 1,2,…

Distributed load

Hello, Is there a way to apply distributed load on edge/surface in CCX? I can see there is a way to apply surface traction on surface in PrePoMax, so that could work for the surface bit. For the edge load I could use distributing coupling, but I would still prefer to apply distributed load. Thank you for any recommendations! Slaw