ABAQUS Volume II: I–Z - Manual (Page 143)

*MEMBRANE SECTION
13.9 *MEMBRANE SECTION: Specify section properties for membrane elements.
This option is used to assign section properties to a set of membrane elements. Section properties include
thickness, thickness change behavior, material definition, and material orientation.
Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit
Type: Model data
Level: Part, Part instance
Reference:
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“Membrane elements,” Section 23.1.1 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual
Required parameters:
ELSET
Set this parameter equal to the name of the element set containing the membrane elements for which
the section properties are being defined.
MATERIAL
Set this parameter equal to the name of the material to be used with these elements.
Optional parameters:
CONTROLS
In an ABAQUS/Explicit analysis, set this parameter equal to the name of a section controls
definition (see “Section controls,” Section 21.1.4 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual) to be
used to specify a nondefault hourglass control formulation option or scale factors.
In an ABAQUS/Standard analysis, set this parameter equal to the name of a section
controls definition to be used to specify the enhanced hourglass control formulation (see “Section
controls,” Section 21.1.4 of the ABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual) or to be used in a subsequent
ABAQUS/Explicit import analysis.
DENSITY
Set this parameter equal to a mass per unit surface area of the membrane.
If this parameter is used, the mass of the membrane includes a contribution from this parameter
in addition to any contribution from the material definition.
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