Can you fill a shell volume with SPH in LS DYNA?

Dakshitha Weerasinghe @Dakshitha_Weerasinghe2

09 September 2019 1 8K Report

Hello All!

I'm finding it hard to fill the attached keyword shell volume with SPH elements.

Can anybody tell me why?

Is it because of the complex geometry?

Thanks in advance

Qasim M. Shakir

Good question!

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