5.5. Stacked Shell to Solid

This option enables the transfer of stresses and fiber orientations from certain material models onto a solid mesh. Thereby, *ELEMENT_SOLID_ORTHO elements are generated in order to consider the material orientation. The material model which is extensively tested is an extension of the draping material model *MAT_249 and is called *MAT_REINFORCED_THERMOPLASTIC_UDFIBER. Further information about the material model and the advantage of the mapping process for springback analysis can be found in [5], [14], and [20].