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Thin Shell dialog box (Thermal/Flow/SST/ESC)

Option Description
Name Defines the name of the physical property table.
Label Defines the unique numeric identifier for the physical property table.
Thickness
Thickness Specifies the thickness of the associated 2D elements. The thermal solver uses this value to calculate the volume of the elements and the surface area of the element edges.
Non-Structural Mass
Specify Non-Structural Mass Lets you add additional mass to the associated 2D elements. This can be useful if the surface being modeled has additional features that affect thermal analyses but which do not need to be modeled in detail.
Mass per Area Lets you specify the mass per area of the associated 2D elements.
Material Lets you assign a different material to the non-structural mass. Select an existing material from the list or click Choose material to create a new material.
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Define physical properties

Assign an existing physical property table to a mesh collector or element-associated data

Manage physical property tables

Override a physical property table definition

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