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Certain modeling techniques involve using shells that do not contribute structural stiffness. This can be accomplished by either reducing shell stiffness with property modifiers by factors of 10-3 or 10-4, or using null areas with no area section assigned to apply loads to frames using the Uniform to Frame load assignment.

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KB Shellswithnostiffness 300415 0752 68918

Certain modeling techniques involve using shells that do not contribute structural stiffness. This can be accomplished by either reducing shell stiffness with property modifiers by factors of 10-3 or 10-4, or using null areas with no area section assigned to apply loads to frames using the Uniform to Frame load assignment.

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Shells with no stiffness

Certain modeling techniques involve using shells in a manner where they do not contribute to the stiffness of the structural system. An example of
this is where area objects collect distributed loading and transfer forces to coincident joints on the structure.

This may be accomplished using either of the following two methods:

Define shell objects with their actual thickness, then assign property modifiers to significantly reduce shell stiffness, perhaps by a factor of
10-3 or 10-4.

Use null areas, which are area objects with a None area section assignment, to apply loads using the Uniform to Frame (Shell) load
assignment.

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