SECFUNCTION
SECFUNCTION, TABLE, PATTERN
Specifies shell section thickness as a tabular function.
TABLEName of table parameter or array parameter for specifying thickness.
PATTERNInterpretation pattern for array parameters.
Notes
The SECFUNCTION command is associated with the section most recently defined via the SECTYPE command.
A table parameter can define tabular thickness as a function of
coordinates. Alternatively, you can use an array parameter (indexed by node number) that
expresses the function to be mapped. (See PATTERN of NOD2 for
array content.) Enclose the table or array name in percent signs (%)
(SECFUNCTION,%tablename%).
Issue the *DIM command to define a table or array.
The table or array defines the total shell thickness at any point in space. In multilayered sections, the total thickness and each layer thickness are scaled accordingly.
The Function Tool is a convenient way to define your thickness tables.
Refer to the *DIM command for interpreting a table in a local coordinate system.
Specifying the PATTERN Value
When PATTERN = NODE, TABLE
should be a 1D array parameter (indexed by node number) that expresses the function
to be mapped.
When PATTERN = NOD2, TABLE
should be a 2D array parameter (where column 1 contains node numbers and column 2
contains the corresponding thicknesses) that expresses the function to be
mapped.
Specify PATTERN when TABLE
is an array parameter only (and not when it is a table
parameter or a single value).