5.15.4. Reinforcing Patch Declarations for TFP Reinforcing Patch Handling

NUMPATCHES = INT

Defines the number of reinforcing patches.

REINFORCEPATCH#i = STRING; INT; DOUBLE; DOUBLE

Defines as many patches as given in NUMPATCHES. The following must be declared with this option:

  • The reinforcing patch mesh file names

  • Material ID to assign

  • Reinforcing angle with respect to PATCHGLOBALZERODIRECTION (see below)

  • Patch thickness