I am working on FE Modelling of Composite hollow rectangular section beam in Ansys. When I select beam 188 element, there is no need of inputting real constants. Where do i put the initial values in pre-processing????Pls do help me,,I am new to applying Composite material in Ansys.....pls...
Using beam 188/189, you
Using beam 188/189, you might want to calculate the sectional properties first. However, ANSYS can only predict the sectional properties for isotropic materials. For composite materials, you need to use a cross-sectional analysis tool such as VABS .