INTEGRATION: Defining Integration Rules

INTEGRATION: Defining Integration Rules

*INTEGRATION_BEAM
*INTEGRATION_SHELL

Select the integration rule to create from the keyword main panel, and the standard sub-menu will appear below.

*INTEGRATION_BEAM

Enter the field to define the NIP for the INTEGRATION_BEAM, and ICST will be set to zero and the rows for each layer will appear below.

If the user wants to have a predefined shape, select the ICST type from the popuip and the NIP will be set to zero automatically.

*INTEGRATION_SHELL

The standard panel is below, the user has to define the NIP and in each row below the weighting factor and coordinate have to be input manually. There is an auto-generate layers option that generates equally spaced layers for the user.

If the user wishes to have a more intuitive input panel, then select the simple mode >>> button. The following panel is displayed. It allows the user to define an overall thickness and insert or remove layers through the popups shown. The layers can be defined with thicknesses rather than a coordinate, and the panel automatically calculates the coordinate and weighting factor. Select keyword mode <<< to return to the basic panel.