Dear all Abaqus users,
I want to connect a cylindrical shell with a solid ring, where the ring simulates the flange. For this purpose I was thinking to the shell-to-solid constraint. However, some qiestions arise and I would like to ask for your help.
I am a little bit confused on how to connect solid and shell and how shell's offset affect the connection.
In figure 1 ,below there is a sketch of the model.
For the connection should I use the green area which it's width(0.016 m) is the same as the cylinrical shell's thickness or should I use the whole flange's surface?
Any help will be appreciated.