*SHEAR CENTER

Define the position of the shear center of a beam section.

This option can be used only in conjunction with the BEAM GENERAL SECTION, SECTION=GENERAL or the BEAM GENERAL SECTION, SECTION=MESHED option. It cannot be used if you include the FULL COUPLING parameter for the SECTION STIFFNESS option.

It is used to define the position of the shear center of the section with respect to the local (1, 2) axis system.

This page discusses:

See Also
*BEAM GENERAL SECTION
In Other Guides
Using a General Beam Section to Define the Section Behavior
Meshed Beam Cross-Sections

ProductsAbaqus/StandardAbaqus/ExplicitAbaqus/CAE

TypeModel data

LevelPartPart instance

Abaqus/CAEProperty module

There are no parameters associated with this option.

 

Data line to define the shear center

First (and only) line

  1. Local x1-coordinate of shear center, x1⁢s. The default is 0.

  2. Local x2-coordinate of shear center, x2⁢s. The default is 0.